Literary Terms (Keystone Review)

Question 1

contrast between what is said or written and what is meant

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verbal irony

Question 2

conflict outside of the character

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external conflict, internal conflict

Question 3

author's attitude toward his or her subject

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tone

Question 4

comes after the climax in a plot diagram

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falling action

Question 5

conflict inside a character

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internal conflict

Question 6

the event that first introduces the central conflict of a story

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inciting incident

Question 7

in general, a contrast between expectation and reality

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irony

Question 8

time and place of the action of a story

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setting

Question 9

stereotypical character- no depth or dimension

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flat character

Question 10

complex character with depth

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round character

Question 11

The uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next in a story

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suspense

Question 12

the use of humor,irony, exaggeration to ridicule things (human vices, politics, etc)

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satire

Question 13

character who stays the same; no change

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static character

Question 14

information aimed at influencing people's opinions

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propaganda

Question 15

interruption in the action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time

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flashback

Question 16

a prominent/dominant idea in a literary work

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motif

Question 17

a variety of language different from the standard language

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dialect

Question 18

occurs when the audience knows something a character does not

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dramatic irony

Question 19

the idea/s about life that is revealed in a story. Overarching idea

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theme

Question 20

Author's perspective; how the story is told

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point of view

Question 21

a characters reasoning for acting

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motivation

Question 22

an extended speech spoken to at least one other person

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monologue

Question 23

outside perspective; Narrator is limited to only one character's thoughts

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third person limited

Question 24

introduction of a story

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expoistion

Question 25

the use of symbols/ideas that give a deeper meaning to something else

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symbolism

Question 26

the ordering of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences

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syntax

Question 27

the story increases in intensity until it reaches the climax

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rising action/development

Question 28

Main character (often the hero)

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protagonist

Question 29

dramatic speech alone revealing the inner thoughts of a character

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soliloquy

Question 30

the end of the story

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resolution

Question 31

use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story

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foreshadowing

Question 32

narrator is in the story- uses "I" or "me"

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first person point of view

Question 33

a character who changes over the course of a work

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dynamic character

Question 34

struggle or problem between 2 forces

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conflict

Question 35

character who opposes the main character

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antagonist

Question 36

The "turning point" in a story

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climax

Question 37

occurs when what happens is different from what is expected to happen

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situational irony

Question 38

narrator who ses into the minds of all characters

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third person omnisicent

Literary Terms (Keystone Review)

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Literary Terms (Keystone Review)

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