characterization
Point of View
Plot elements
setting/mood
vocabulary
100
When characters speak to one another...
What is dialogue?
100
From whose "eyes" the reader sees/reads the story
What is point of view?
100
The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a story
What is climax?
100
How a piece of literature makes the reader feel
What is mood?
100
The _________ ___________ never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer. (uses facts ) .
What is Objective Narrator
200
The punctuation marks that show the exact words spoken by a character
What are Quotation Marks?
200
List at least 4 first person pronouns (singular or plural)
What is (I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours)?
200
The element that moves the story from exposition to rising action is... A. introduction of conflict. B. resolution of conflict. C.explanation of setting. D. introduction of characters
What is A. introduction of conflict?
200
It was a dark and stormy night. In her attic bedroom, Margaret Murray, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind. What is the setting?
What is Margaret's bedroom at night?
200
The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas (often using one of the five senses)
What is Imagery?
300
List three words that would describe a character that: lived 100 years ago, was a farmer, 55 years old
What is _______________-, _____________-, ________
300
List at least 4 third person pronouns?
What is (he,she,it, we, they, them, their, theirs)?
300
The _________ _______is the author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation
What is plot exposition?
300
Choose all the words below that reflect a POSITIVE mood (There are THREE correct answers). Enthusiastic Jubilant Disappointed Optomistic Sorrowful
What is enthusiastic, jubilant, optomistic?
300
The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning
What is connotation?
400
From the story "A Monkey's Paw", what is something Mrs. White would say? What characteristic makes you think so?
What is ___________________________?
400
Sunday was my only leisure time. I spent this in a sort of beast-like stupor, between sleep and wake, under some large tree. I sank down again, mourning over my wretched condition. I was sometimes prompted to take my life, and that of Covey, but was prevented by a combination of hope and fear.” What POV? How do you know? Narrator’s Point of View: First-Person How do you know? This passage is told from the perspective of "I."
What is Narrator’s Point of View: First-Person How do you know? This passage is told from the perspective of "I."
400
The part of the plot that adds complications to the plot's problems is called
What is conflict?
400
Which of the following is an example of SETTING? A. Carrie, Joe, Lucas went to the office. B. Marvin was napping at 5 'o clock, yesterday. C. I found him in the woods, last summer. D.They fight every morning
What is C. Woods, last summer.
400
A short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc
What is a thesis statement?
500
What do character traits and character motivation have in common?
What is " Character traits are details about the character. Motivations come from these traits.
500
Goldilocks was a proud and defiant little. Her mother had told her to stay out of the woods many times, but she paid little attention this advice. She only gave attention to herself and her own desires. One day, just to show that she could, she wandered deep into the center of the forest, farther from home than ever before. In a clearing she noticed a small cottage. What is the narrator’s point of view? How do you know?
What is Narrator’s Point of View: Third-Person Limited How do you know? Only Goldilock's thoughts and feelings are directly revealed by the narrator. (she
500
One of the ways we can infer setting is through language. The same language, spoken differently based on location, is called... dilect. dialogue. diverticulitis. dietician.
What is dilect?
500
He threw his head back and howled, his eyes glazed, a trickle of saliva running from the corners of his mouth and thinning the blood flowing over his chest. I shouted to him to shut up, but he did not hear me, so I did the only thing I could to quiet him - I swung the back of my hand across his face. Disappointed Suspensful Loving Joyful
What is Suspensful
500
The _____________ is an unreliable narrator who spends most of the story trying to convince the reader of something (uses opinions)
What is a subjective narrator?
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