3b. Midterm

Question 1

Initiating Event

Answer 1

• The event in a story that sets up the conflict that will drive the plot.

Question 2

Rising Action

Answer 2

• The events in the plot that lead toward the moment where the conflict is resolved.
• There are more rising than falling events.

Question 3

Climax

Answer 3

• The part when the conflict will be resolved.

Question 4

Falling Action

Answer 4

• The events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution.

Question 5

Resolution

Answer 5

• The final part of a narrative or dramatic work.

- Often involves reflection on the events that took place in the story.

Question 6

Conflict

Answer 6

• The central struggle between two or more forces in a literary work.
• The issue that needs to be worked out before the story resolves.

Question 7

6 types of conflict

Answer 7

1. man vs. Man
2. man vs. Self
3. man vs. Society
4. man vs. Nature
5. man vs. Supernatural
6. man vs. Technology

My Self Says Natural Supernatural Tanks

Question 8

3rd Person Limited POV

Answer 8

• The narrator, who plays no part in the story, zooms in on thoughts + feelings of just one character.

Question 9

3rd Person Omniscient POV

Answer 9

• The person telling the story knows everything. All knowing.

Question 10

Direct vs. Indirect characterization

Answer 10

Direct
- Telling us directly what the characters personality is like. (rude af)

Indirect
- Letting us experience the character by describing and showing. Draw own conclusions/ infer.

Question 11

Flat vs. Round

Answer 11

Flat
- Flat characters have only 1-2 traits that can be described in a few words.

Round
- Round characters (like real people) have many different character traits that may contradict.

Question 12

Static vs. Dynamic

Answer 12

Static:
- A static character doesn’t change much throughout the story.

Dynamic:
- A dynamic character changes as a result of the story’s events.

Question 13

Allusion

Answer 13

• A reference/ incidental mention of something either directly or by implication.

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

• The contrast between expectations and reality.

- 3 types: Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic.

Question 15

3 types of irony

Answer 15

Verbal
- Saying one thing that really means something completely different. (Sarcasm)

Situational Irony
- When the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens.

Dramatic
- When the audience knows something the character doesn’t know.

Question 16

Dialogue vs. Dialect

Answer 16

• Dialogue: Conversation

- Dialect: A special variety of language, that differs from the standard language.

Question 17

Prose

Answer 17

• Speaking blandly and with monotone.

- Ex. You are hearing me talk.

Question 18

Denotation vs. Connotation

Answer 18

Denotation
- The literal meanings of a word. Ex. Snake: reptile, scaly.

Connotation
- The symbolic, literature meanings of a word. Ex. Snake: treachery, evil.

Question 19

Exposition

Answer 19

• The opening section.

- Where the background info is presented. (Main character, setting).

Question 20

Tone

Answer 20

• The author’s attitude toward a subject, using diction.

Question 21

Mood

Answer 21

• The overall feeling or atmosphere the reader perceives.

Question 22

Linking verb

Answer 22

Expresses a state of being

Question 23

Helping verb

Answer 23

A helping verb helps the main verb express action or a state of being.

Question 24

Transitive vs. Intransitive Verbs

Answer 24

A transitive verb always has an object that receives action.

An intransitive verb contains no object to receive action.