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Literature
100
Any piece of writing that is not poetry.
What is prose.
100
This is the height of the drama in literature.
What is climax
100
Vitally important or significant.
What is pivotal.
100
Timid or fearful. Marked by trembling or shaking.
What is tremulous.
100
What types of conflict were evident in, "The Tell-Tale Heart?" Why?
What is internal and external conflict.
200
This is when a setting or scene causes emotion.
What is atmosphere.
200
This is another term for the end, where the conflict is resolved, of a piece of literature.
What is resolution.
200
Having the power or authority to command.
What is imperative.
200
To urge or drive by force or moral pressure.
What is impel.
200
The feelings within the story/setting in literature...not to be confused with the author's feelings about the literature.
What is mood.
300
When the narrator is not part of the piece of literature, it is told in...
What is third person.
300
This is where the conflict begins.
What is the inciting incident.
300
Cunning or deceit when dealing with others.
What is guile.
300
Depressed from loss of hope or confidence; utterly discouraged.
What is despondent.
300
The main idea or central idea.
What is theme.
400
Definition of tone...
What is the author's feelings about the subject of the story shown by their writing style.
400
This is basically the introduction to the piece of literature.
What is the exposition.
400
A regular tendency or inclination.
What is disposition
400
Quick-tempered or irritable.
What is irascible.
400
The hero and the person against the hero in the story are known as...
What are the protagonist and the antagonist.
500
Name the four types of conflict
What are human vs. human, human vs. self, human vs. nature, and human vs. society.
500
These are the build of events to the climax and what comes after the climax, before the resolution.
What is the rising action and falling action.
500
A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence.
What is conjecture.
500
Disgusting or causing loathing.
What is abhorrent.
500
The opposite happens to what the reader has been led to expect.
What is situational irony.