1) the overall message about human nature that the author or text conveys to the reader. a) Inference b) Theme c) Plot d) Foreshadowing e) Conflict f) Resolution 2) the arrangement or interrelation of events in a story. a) Plot b) Exposition c) Rising Action d) Climax e) Falling Action f) Resolution 3) sets the tone and establishes the setting, characters, and background information. a) Plot b) Expostion c) Rising Action d) Climax e) Falling Action f) Resolution 4) events in a story that move the plot along by adding complications and expanding the conflict. a) Plot b) Expostion c) Rising Action d) Climax e) Falling Action f) Resolution 5) the moment when the reader’s interest and emotional intensity is at its highest because the conflict is at a definable turning point. a) Plot b) Expostion c) Rising Action d) Climax e) Falling Action f) Resolution 6) loose ends within the conflict begin to be tied up. a) Plot b) Expostion c) Rising Action d) Climax e) Falling Action f) Resolution 7) the conflict is resolved for the main character. a) Plot b) Expostion c) Rising Action d) Climax e) Falling Action f) Resolution 8) the struggle or tension that develops for the protagonist. a) Antagonist b) Rising Action c) Plot d) Foil e) Conflict f) 6 Types of Conflict 9) Character vs. character; Character vs. self; Character vs. society; Character vs. nature; Character vs. god/fate; Character vs. technology/machine a) Foil b) Conflict c) 6 Types of conflict d) Rising Action e) Antagonist f) Plot 10) author’s attitude toward a subject. a) Foil b) Juxtaposition c) Connotation d) Tone e) Mood f) Inference 11) reader’s emotional response to the text a) Foil b) Juxtaposition c) Connotation d) Tone e) Mood f) Inference 12) a conclusion based on clues from the text; “reading between the lines.” a) Foil b) Foreshadowing c) Connotation d) Tone e) Mood f) Inference 13) a speaker through whom an author presents a narrative. a) Dynamic Character b) Static Character c) Narrator d) Protagonist e) Antagonist f) Foil 14) a character who undergoes a significant inner or emotional change by the end of the story. a) Dynamic Character b) Static Character c) Narrator d) Protagonist e) Antagonist f) Foil 15) a character who undergoes little to no change by the end of the story. a) Dynamic Character b) Static Character c) Narrator d) Protagonist e) Antagonist f) Foil 16) the main character (the hero/heroine or antihero) a) Dynamic Character b) Static Character c) Narrator d) Protagonist e) Antagonist f) Foil 17) the character or force that opposes the protagonist. a) Dynamic Character b) Static Character c) Narrator d) Protagonist e) Antagonist f) Foil 18) another character in a story who contrasts with the main character, usually to highlight one of the main character’s attributes. a) Dynamic Character b) Static Character c) Narrator d) Protagonist e) Antagonist f) Foil 19) the writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story. a) Inference b) Foil c) Foreshadowing d) Connotaion e) Juxtaposition f) Tone 20) the vantage point or perspective through which the story is told. a) Point of View b) 3rd Person Limited POV c) 1st Person POV d) 3rd Person Omniscient POV e) Narrator f) Protagonist 21) when the narrator is a character in the story. a) Point of View b) 3rd Person Limited POV c) 1st Person POV d) 3rd Person Omniscient POV e) Narrator f) Protagonist 22) when the narrator tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes. a) Point of View b) 3rd Person Limited POV c) 1st Person POV d) 3rd Person Omniscient POV e) Narrator f) Protagonist 23) when the narrator sees into the minds of more than one character. a) Point of View b) 3rd Person Limited POV c) 1st Person POV d) 3rd Person Omniscient POV e) Narrator f) Protagonist 24) the emotional or cultural association of a word or the implied meaning of the word. a) Juxtaposition b) Simile c) Personification d) Connotation e) Denotation f) Inference 25) the explicit or direct meaning of a word or expression (dictionary definition). a) Juxtaposition b) Simile c) Personification d) Connotation e) Denotation f) Inference 26) placing things close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. a) Juxtaposition b) Simile c) Personification d) Connotation e) Denotation f) Inference 27) a comparison between two distinct things without using “like” or “as.” a) Juxtaposition b) Simile c) Metaphor d) Symbolism e) Archetype f) Personification 28) a comparison using “like” or “as.” a) Juxtaposition b) Simile  c) Metaphor d) Symbolism e) Archetype f) Personification 29) giving non-human objects human-like abilities or qualities a) Juxtaposition b) Simile c) Metaphor d) Symbolism e) Archetype f) Personification 30) a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology. a) Juxtaposition b) Simile c) Metaphor d) Symbolism e) Archetype f) Personification 31) something (usually a tangible object) that stands for something larger or more complex. a) Juxtaposition b) Simile c) Metaphor d) Symbolism e) Archetype f) Personification 32) a contradiction between appearance or expectation and reality. a) Verbal Irony b) Irony c) Juxtaposition d) Hyperbole e) Dramatic Irony f) Situational Irony 33) when the reader knows something that a character does not know. a) Verbal Irony b) Irony c) Juxtaposition d) Hyperbole e) Dramatic Irony f) Situational Irony 34) when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another. a) Verbal Irony b) Irony c) Juxtaposition d) Hyperbole e) Dramatic Irony f) Situational Irony 35) the contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens. a) Verbal Irony b) Irony c) Juxtaposition d) Hyperbole e) Dramatic Irony f) Situational Irony 36) an indirect reference to a well-known or real-life person, place, or thing. a) Archetype b) Hyperbole c) Allusion d) Juxtaposition e) Inference f) Foreshadowing 37) an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally. a) Verbal Irony b) Irony c) Juxtaposition d) Hyperbole e) Dramatic Irony f) Situational Irony

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