Conflict
The two main types of conflict in literature?
What are Internal and External
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
What is the climax
A story narrated by the main character is told in?
What is first person
What is the main character of a story in literature called?
What is the protagonist
In Cheever's short story "The Swimmer" the main character swims through a series of neighborhood pools he coins "The Lucinda River." What is the literary term for the larger concept of the pools?
What is symbolism
The main character in a Lesson Before Dying, Grant Wiggins, fights his own internal struggle. What kind of conflict is this?
What is man versus self
The part of the plot where the action begins is known as what?
What is the Rising Action
A story directly addressed to "you" the reader is known as what kind of narration?
What is second-person narration
What is the character who opposes the main character called?
What is an antagonist
A central idea or message in a work of fiction is known as
What is a Theme
In a Lesson Before Dying, Jefferson is sentenced to die by the electric chair. What kind of external conflict is this?
What is man versus machine/technology
The part of the plot where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced is known as what?
What is the exposition
This type of narrator tells the reader what happened and refers to characters by using the pronouns "he," "she, " or "they"
What is a third-person narration
A character who is good but doesn't necessarily want to be a "hero" is known as?
What is the reluctant hero
A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen. Example: The setting of Jackson's "The Lottery"
What is situational irony
In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" Tessie Hutchinson receives "the Blackspot" and faces her end by being stoned to death. What external conflict is this?
What is individual versus society
Ancient Greek Philosopher that was the first to identify three common elements to every story
Who is Aristotle
This type of third-person narration is told from a distinct point of view or single character
What is a limited narrator
A character who often acts in villainous ways but is not an actual villain is known as?
What is an anti-hero
Symbolic archetypes appear over and over again in literature. A classic example is good versus evil. Name 2 additional examples:
What is a:
Light Versus Dark -Sonny's Blues
Fire Vs Ice-The Lottery
Lush Vs Dessert-Hills Like White Elephants
Innate Wisdom Vs Educated Wisdom-LBD
In Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues," Sonny tells his brother that there is no way not to suffer growing up black in the ghetto. What higher external conflict concept is he talking about here?
What is man versus fate
A German scholar expanded the basic explanation of plot in the 1800s now known as what?
What is Freytag's pyramid
This type of narrator has access to the thoughts, perceptions, and experiences of several or all of the characters
What is an omniscient or unlimited narrator
By the end of a Lesson Before Dying, we see Grant's full character arc unfold. Which arc does his character fall under?
What is the "growth arc"
A character that contrasts a second character that highlights certain qualities of the first character. Example: Batman and The Joker, Harry Potter and Voldemort
What is a foil