Midterm Review P1

What type of character(s) is/are the most important in a story?

What is a form of language as it is spoken in a particular geographic area or by a particular social or ethnic group?

What are the people, animals, or imaginary creatures called who take part in the action of a story, novel, or drama?

The attitude a writer takes toward his/her subject is..

Which figure of speech uses words whose sounds suggest their meaning?

Which type of fiction is highly imaginative and portrays events, settings, or characters that are unrealistic?

Which type of fiction is set in the past?

Which figure of speech attributes human qualities to an object, animal, or idea?

What is the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates in a story?

Which type of literature chooses and arranges words to create a certain effect?

What type of writing deals with real people, events, and places?

In which part of the story is the plot moved along by the addition of complications?

In what part of the story conflict is the resolved and all loose ends are tied up?

Which type of character stays the same throughout the story?

What kind of writing is a true account of a person’s life told by someone else?

What kind of writing is an account of a person’s life written by that person?

What type of fiction explores unexpected possibilities of the past or future using known scientific data and theories?

Which type of fiction that creates a truthful imitation of ordinary life?

What type of language communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words?

The writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events which will occur later in the story can be described as what?

The sequence of events in a story is the...

Which figure of speech exaggerates the truth for emphasis or humorous effect?

Which part of a story establishes setting, introduces characters, gives background information, and sets the tone?

What is the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

What type of character(s) interact/interacts with the main character(s) and help/helps move the story along?

What type of character undergoes some kind of change during a story?

Which figure of speech makes a comparison between two things which are basically unlike using the words “like” or “as”?

The main idea in a work of literature is...

The time and place of the action of the story is the...

The method of narrating a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction is the...

Which works of prose have imaginary elements?

A type of literature characterized by a particular style, form, or content is a...

What is a person, place, or object which stands for something other than itself?

Which part of a story contains the events which begin to resolve the conflict?

A recollection of an event, episode, or conversation that happened before the exposition can be described as...

Which figure of speech makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike without using "like" or "as"?

Which type of fiction deals with the solution of a problem or crime?

What term describes descriptive words/phrases that recreate sensory impressions for the reader and appeal to the senses?

The contrast between what is expected or appears to be and what actually is can be described as what?

What are the components called which work together to build a work of prose?

What part of the story is the turning point?