Terms
TRUE OR FALSE: The PROTAGONIST is always the hero of the story?
FALSE. The protagonist is often the hero but not always.
A comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using “like” or “as”
Metaphor
________ is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, and characters to the audience or readers.
EXPOSITION
What are the two types of characterization?
Direct & Indirect
Literary device where the sound itself is the word.
Onomatopoeia
Ex. Boom, Pow, Plop, Zap
TRUE OR FALSE - The ANTAGONIST is the CHARACTER that goes against the PROTAGONIST?
FALSE- The ANTAGONIST could be a thing or even a situation like a flood or tornado.
The novel The Perfect Storm is a prime example of what type of conflict?
MAN VS NATURE
The 6 elements of PLOT are what?
Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Is this an example of indirect characterization or direct characterization?
Ms. Trudeau has brown hair.
Direct
The speaker or author’s attitude towards their subject
Tone
What are the two types of characters found in stories?
(Not major or minor)
Static and Dynamic
What are the two types of imagery called?
Literal and Figurative
In the film “Avenger’s Endgame” the moment when Tony Stark finally puts on the Infinity Gauntlet would be best identified as the what?
CLIMAX
The following is an example of direct or indirect characterization?
Missy still had the first nickel she earned from her job.
Indirect, while she might in fact have that nickel, this was supposed to show that she was frugal and saved $$$.
A device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the fiction.
How many different “person”/narrator points of view are there?
3- First, Second, and Third
If you said 4 because Third could also be limited omniscient, then I’ll take it.
The main idea the author typically wants to convey is called what?
The THEME.
This is often thought of as the end of the story, but in fact is really just the point of highest action.
CLIMAX
Steven looked at the help wanted sign in the window and cried is an example of which type of characterization?
Indirect
The feeling created in a reader by a work
Mood
Term used to keep readers wondering what will happen next.
SUSPENSE
What is it called when the writer gives us hints about what will happen next?
Foreshadowing
Which of the following could not be a resolution-
Two characters fight it out
A character sails his boat back to his love
A character is contacted by a lost love in an alternate dimension?
They Could All be Resolutions!
Endings of
Rocky III
Tommy Boy &
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
In the stories of Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh is a dynamic or static character?
Static, despite being a main character he tends not to grow and change and it is Christopher Robin who is growing.
A difference between what you expect to happen and what actually happens
Irony