Mrs. Matuska's ENGL II Spring Final Review

An author's worldview is reflected in a story through the:

A struggle between a character and the laws or beliefs of a group is known as what kind of conflict?

The three most common types of setting are:

A plot device in which the author makes slight remarks that give hints about the story’s outcome is known as:

Techniques that move a story forward are called:

When stating a story's theme, you should craft a sentence that makes an observation about life.

When using indirect characterization, an author might provide details through:

When what occurs is the opposite of what is expected, it is called:

A mental or physical struggle between two characters is what type of conflict?

When identifying a story's theme, you should always express it as a cliche.

An internal conflict takes place inside a character's mind and sometimes involves a decision that must be made.

The key to indirect characterization is: readers must make inferences about a character's personality.

The event that sets a story in motion by introducing a problem to solve and/or a goal to achieve is that story's:

The person in the story who has a problem to solve and/or a goal to achieve is that story's:

The series of events that happens between the inciting incident and the climax of a story is called the:

A story within a story; a separate story that frames another story is a literary device called:

An unexpected conclusion to a story that occurs in a way that makes sense is known as

When an object is mentioned early in the story but the reader does not learn its significance until later it is called:

When words mean the opposite of what is actually said it is called:

Which of the following is NOT a type of story narrator?

A literary device in which a story has an unexpected and highly improbable ending that comes from out of nowhere

Stories shape readers by helping them develop empathy and allowing them to vicariously experience the human condition.

The three main events that occur during a story's rising action are called plot point one, midpoint, and plot point two.

When using direct characterization, an author might do which of the following?

The phase of a story in which readers learn the background information necessary to understand the story is the:

The central idea or message in a work of literature is that work's:

The arrangement of events in a story such that they have a beginning, a middle, and an end is the story's

The time, place, and culture in which the events of a story occur make the story's:

A visual pattern of the events that occur in a story is that story's:

A struggle between a character and his feelings, conscience, or fear is known as what type of conflict?

Which of the following IS NOT a kind of conflict?

The four basic elements of a story are:

When stating a story's theme, you should craft a sentence that sums up the story.

In direct characterization, the author uses statements to tell readers about a character directly.

The purpose of foreshadowing is to give away the twist ending.

"A caustic, bitter remark that aims to hurt" is the true definition of:

The last phase of a story in which all of the loose ends are wrapped up is called the:

A story's resolution is the point in the story where the main problem is solved and /or the goal is achieved.

Conflict is an essential element of plot. Without conflict, there is no story.

A struggle between a character and nature is what kind of conflict?

The technique by which authors develop characters is called:

The key to direct characterization is: details are presented openly rather than requiring readers to make inferences.

An external conflict takes place between a character and something outside the character.