OGC UNTAN UTM QUIZ

Question 1

The time and place of the story's action?

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setting

Question 2

Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.

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foreshadowing

Question 3

What is the means through which an author reveals a character's personality?

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Characterization

Question 4

Introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation of a story.

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exposition

Question 5

What is dialogue?

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The conversation between characters in a work of literature

Question 6

A conflict where the character struggles with himself is called?

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man vs self

Question 7

Universal idea or lesson about life; understood by most cultures

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theme

Question 8

The introduction of setting, character, and basic situation in a story

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exposition

Question 9

Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.

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verbal irony

Question 10

Atmosphere or feeling we get from the story

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Mood

Question 11

What is hyperbole?

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Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect

Question 12

Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives

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flashback

Question 13

Force or character working against the main character in a story

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antagonist

Question 14

Words that imitate the sounds of what they describe are called...

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onomatopoeia

Question 15

A brief fictional narrative that can be read in one sitting.

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short story

Question 16

Usually a story's conflict is settled in the __________________.

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resolution

Question 17

What is conflict?

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A struggle between opposing forces

Question 18

What is the plot?

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The sequence of events in a story

Question 19

May influence characters' names, dialect or words, clothing, and events.

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setting

Question 20

Where a story takes place (time period, location, characteristics of surroundings) is its...

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Setting

Question 21

Fred is brave. That is an example of an author using ?

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Direct characterization

Question 22

Anything that stands for or represents something else

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symbolism

Question 23

A comparison between two things using like or as

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simile

Question 24

A character telling the story is taking part in the story; i.e. I, me, my

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first-person point of view

Question 25

Setting can create a specific atmosphere or ?

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mood

Question 26

Setting can create an atmosphere or ______ in a story.

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mood

Question 27

The people or animals in a short story are ?

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characters

Question 28

"It is always better to tell the truth!" would be an example of a ?

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theme

Question 29

A dog is struggling to stay alive during a snowstorm. This is an example of ?

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man vs nature

Question 30

What is a metaphor?

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Compares two unlike things to reveal a quality or aspect

Question 31

The opponent or enemy of the main character is the...

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antagonist

Question 32

The main character in a story

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protagonist

Question 33

A conflict that takes place in the mind of a character is ?

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internal

Question 34

Comparison of two things without using like or as.

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metaphor

Question 35

A contrast between what appears to be real and what is actually real.

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Irony

Question 36

A description that appeals to one's five senses

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imagery

Question 37

What do you call the central insight or message of a short story?

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theme

Question 38

A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true.

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dramatic irony

Question 39

What is a simile?

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A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as

Question 40

Events that lead to a story's resolution are called ?

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falling action

Question 41

When the character telling the story is an outside observer; i.e. they, he, she, it

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third-person point of view

Question 42

Using language to portray sensory experiences using the five senses is...

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imagery

Question 43

An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of characters, reader, or audience

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situational irony

Question 44

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

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personification

Question 45

Where and when a story takes place

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Setting

Question 46

Foreshadowing is...

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a clue or hint about something that is going to happen later

Question 47

What is a theme?

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The central idea; the "message"

Question 48

The character that opposes the main character in a story is called the ?

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antagonist

Question 49

Joanne snuck in the back door, hoping to go unnoticed. The reader may infer?

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Joanne was not suppose to be out.

Question 50

Problem or struggle between opposing forces

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conflict

Question 51

The main character in a story is called the ______.

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protagonist

Question 52

What is alliteration?

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When two or more words in a group begin with the same sound

Question 53

When a writer inserts a scene into a story that occurred before the present time, it is a...

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flashback

Question 54

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

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allusion

Question 55

The perspective from which the story is told is the...

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point of view

Question 56

The art of creating and developing a character is _________________.

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characterization

Question 57

What do you call a struggle between opposing forces?

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conflict

Question 58

In a story, the highest or most intense point in the development

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climax

Question 59

Conclusion of the story

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resolution

Question 60

This is the most exciting or intense part of the story.

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climax

Question 61

Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities/emotions:

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personification

Question 62

Made up of events that increase tension and build to the climax.

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rising action

Question 63

An object, setting, event, animal, or person that is itself, but also has another meaning is a

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symbol

Question 64

Writer's attitude toward his or her subject

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tone

OGC UNTAN UTM QUIZ

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OGC UNTAN UTM QUIZ

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