ENG 11 EOC SOL Fiction Terms

When the readers/audience know something the character does not

The earliest American literature included all EXCEPT

Something literal in a story that represents an abstract, "bigger" idea

a brief tale with a moral lesson; characters may include animals

A common theme of literature written in mid-18th century America (1700s)

a symbol, character type, or theme that's common and well-known to readers and occurs in many stories

The literary term for the problem in a story is called

The literary period after the Civil War was called

The main character in a story

Words spoken by characters are called

A story connected with some period in history to glorify a human hero

Clues that a writer reveals about what is to come later

The BEST example of an unreliable narrator

A story with supernatural characters and events that seeks to explain nature; common in Native American literature

The turning point of a story, often the most exciting part

This stanza contains an example of

The philosophy of Transcendentalism was concerned with all of the following EXCEPT

The literary period of Romanticism (1800-1860) was concerned with

When a writer jumps back in time to tell about a memory

Any text that tells a story is

A "trickster" would be an example of --

A story in which the characters and other details are symbolic of real-life events

The feeling of a story created by diction and imagery

Which of the following is an example of INTERNAL conflict?

The part of a plot sequence that describes setting and characters

Which of the following is an example of DIRECT characterization?

A variation of speech based on a person's region or ethnic group

A term to describe the writer's word choice

A reference to something outside the text, often the Bible, history, or mythology

When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

The perspective from which a story is told is called

"The American dream" can best be described as an example of

A theme of a literary work