2019-20 Bib Lit Unit 3 Fall - HIGGINS

the central character in a narrative- the one from whose perspective we experience the story

the final outcome of the story where the plot is drawn together and explained.

a standard formula that identifies the difference between expository and literary writing.

the reader knows something of which the characters in the story are ignorant.

plot conflict reaches its highest point and reader’s investment is at its greatest intensity.

Which of the following is not an aspect of setting?

exaggeration for the sake of effect.

something in a story that sets up anticipation of a later event.

a conscious pattern of repeated material in a literary work.

a related series of incidents that build toward the point of greatest interest.

comparison that asserts that one is the other rather than simply like the other.

something nonhuman is treated as though it were a person.

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, generally conveyed through word choice

a situation in which the virtue of a character is rewarded and vice is punished.

portrayal of a deity in human form. Attributing human characteristics to God.

story built around a character who is either wholly or largely ideal in behavior and character.

anything having to do with place or location or what we visualize as we read a story.

a story built around an exceptional calamity that stems from the main character’s bad choice

sets the story’s action into motion.

Settings are the chief means by which the narrative world comes alive in our imagination.

U-shaped story in which events first descend into tragedy and then rise to a happy ending.

Most of what a storyteller sets out to say about life is conveyed through setting.

a detail in a text that has a literal meaning as well as one or more other meanings.

the techniques by which a storyteller portrays a character in a story.

A work of literature that recounts a series of events.

a recurring element that has a symbolic significance and contributes to the development of theme.

the explanatory material in the opening unit of a story.

Settings take on symbolic overtones and meanings.

a lengthy hero story that is more than a personal story, but a story of national destiny

a general category of characters often found in literature.

character, motif or plotline is “set off” by being juxtaposed to a similar parallel example

Settings give context for action and character.

comparison of two things using “like” or “as”.

events after the climax of a story that wrap up the plot and lead to resolution.

the storyteller uses dialogue, narration of action, use of foils, to communicate characters

the actions or events that make up a story.

a character or force in a story that stands opposed to the protagonist.