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What is falling action?
What is limited omniscient POV?
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What is limited omniscient POV?
The narrator knows everything about only ONE character
The narrator does not share any characters' thoughts or feelings
The narrator knows everything about EVERY character
The narrator is telling the story and is also a character
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What is falling action?
Conflicts are beginning to be resolved
Conflicts are introduced to the story
The expected outcome differs than the actual outcome
The highest point in the story
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What is 3rd person POV?
The narrator is telling the story but is not included in the story
A perspective where the narrator knows everything about every character
The characters and setting are introduced to the audience
The narrator tells the story without sharing the characters' thoughts
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Define direct characterization
The author reveals a character's attributes by stating them directly
The way the author presentes the character to the audience
A literary movement that placed emphasis on trepidation and awe
A character that experiences conflict and changes and grows in the story
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What is irony?
The highest point in the story
The expected outcome differs from the actual outcome
The narrator tells the story but is not included in the story
The expected outcome differs from the actual outcome
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What is suspense?
A central character that experiences conflict and changes and grows
The perspective from which the story is told
The author reveals a character's attributes by directly stating them
A feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about the outcome
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________________happens when someone says something other than what they mean.
Verbal irony
Suspense
Irony of situation
Surprise
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Where must the thesis be located?
In the introduction somewhere
At the very end of the introduction
Anywhere in the essay
In the beginning of the introduction
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What is the purpose of the conclusion of an essay?
To provide more explanation for key ideas
To summarize the main points and make the reader think
To introduce new ideas
To leave the audience hanging
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What is indirect characterization?
The way the author presents the character to the audience
The author reveals a character through actions, dialogue, and interactions
A character that is larger than life
The author reveals a character's attributes by directly stating them
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With ______________, the author relies on actions and dialogue to enhance the character.
Suspense
Conflict
Direct characterization
Indirect characterization
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Why is the background info so important in an essay?
It must be included
To share information about the subject
To inform the audience about the subject
To bore the audience
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What is romanticism?
The way an author presents characters to the audience
The events that make up a story
The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story
A literary movement that placed emphasis on trepidation and awe
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What is 1st person POV?
The narrator is telling the story and is also in the story
The story does not share the characters' thoughts or feelings
The narrator knows everything about EVERY character
The narrator knows everything about only ONE character
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When writing a formal letter, what is the first thing the writer needs to include?
return address
date
salutation
recipient address
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What is a plot?
A character that is larger than life
The prevailing atmosphere or mood in the story
The struggle between opposing forces
The events that make up a story
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When writing a formal letter or essay, why can you not include contractions?
Mrs. Cyr does not like them
It does not sound right
It is not considered formal writing
It does not look good
18
Science fiction can be described as...
genre classified by events and characters that could exist in society
genre such as futuristic travel, life on other planets, and technology
genre classified by chivalry, knightly-tales, and daring quests
genre such as trepidation, horror, awe, and suspense
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What is the resolution?
The highest point in the story
A perspective where the narrator knows everything about only ONE character
The conclusion of a story where conflicts are typically defused
Conflicts are introduced to the story
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What is omniscient POV?
The narrator is telling the story and is also a character
A story without any information about the characters' thoughts or feelings
A perspective where the narrator knows everything about only ONE character
A perspective where the narrator knows everythings about EVERY character
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What is utopia?
Conflicts are introduced to the story
The expected outcome differs from the actual outcome
An imaginary place with ideal political and social conditions
The narrator is telling the story but is not included in the story
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Define flat character
A character that is larger than life
A character that does not grow or change through the story
A character that changes and grows through the story
The feeling of certainty or anxiety about the outcome of certain actions
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Why is it important for the writer to include the date that the formal letter was written?
So that the recipient knows where the letter was written
It might get lost in the mail
All of the above
So that the recipient can reply in a timely manner
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What is an epic poem?
A literary movement that palce emphasis on trepidation and awe
A lengthy, narrative poem
The feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about the outcome of certain actions
The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story
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The main struggle of the story is called the...
theme
mood
conflict
suspense
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Define Macabre
A grim or ghastly atmosphere
The perspective from which the story is told
A character is larger than life
The author reveal the character through actions, dialogue, and interactions
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What is objective POV?
The story is told without giving information about the characters' thoughts
Conflicts are introduced to the story
The narrator is telling the story and is also a character in the story
A perspective where the narrator knows everythings about only ONE character
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What is conflict?
An idea the author presents to the reader that is deep or moralistic
The struggle between opposing forces
A character that is larger than life
The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story
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__________________happens when the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
Irony of situation
Dramatic irony
Suspense
Surprise
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Foreshadowing is one literary technique that authors use to build...
theme
macabre
conflict
suspense
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What is exposition?
Conflicts are introduced to the story
The highest point in the story
A perspective where the narrator knows everything about every character
The characters and setting are introduced to the story
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In a formal letter, what comes directly after the body of the letter?
The closing
The writer's name
The salutation
The signature
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What is rising action?
The conclusion of a story where conflicts are typically defused
Conflicts are introduced to the story
An imaginary place with ideal political and social conditions
A perspective where the narrator knows everything about every character
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What is climax?
The highest point in the story
The narrator is telling the story but is not included in the story
The characters and setting are introduced to the audience
Conflicts are introduced to the story
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When writing a formal letter, what are the three important things to keep in mind?
Tone, ideas, audience
Purpose, audience, mood
Purpose, audience, tone
Purpose, tone, ideas
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Romanticism is a literary movement that started where?
18th century, US
19th century, US
18th century, Europe
19th century, Europe
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What is a theme?
A character that is larger than life
The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story
A thought or idea the author presents that may be deep or moralistic
A lengthy, narrative poem
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Define characterization
A lengthy, narrative poem
The way an author presents the character to the audience
The author reveals a character's attributes by directly stating them
The events that make up a story
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Define point of view
a character that does not grow or change throughout the story
perspective from which the story is told
the prevailing atmosphere of feeling in the story
the struggle between opposing forces
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Edgar Allan Poe is know as the creator of mystery and suspense. Which stylistic element is this?
Macabre
Dystopia
Theme
Utopia
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What is an epic hero?
A character that is larger than life
A character that does not experience growth or change
An idea the author presents to the reader that may be deep or moralistic
A central character that experiences conflict and changes and grows
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What is a round character?
A central character that experiences conflict and changes and grows
The quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere
A character that does not experience conflict and does not grow or change
A character that is larger than life
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What three elements must be included in every single introductory paragraph of an essay?
Hook, background info, topic sentence
Hook, background info, thesis
Hook, ideas, background info sentence
Hook, ideas, topic sentence
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What is mood?
The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story
The events that make up a story
The way the author presents the character to the audience
A central character that experiences conflict but does not change or grow
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The body paragraph of every essay must begin with...
A quote or example
An explanation of a quote
A topic sentence
A thesis statement
