Literary Terminology

1. Literary Terminology

3. Characters - 10 An undeveloped character who lacks complexity

4. Characters – 10 What is a “flat character”?

5. Characters - 20 A character that stays the same throughout the story

6. Characters – 20 What is a “static character”?

7. Characters - 30 Two characters who are against each other in a story; sometimes the hero vs. the villain

8. Characters – 30 What is “protagonist and antagonist”?

9. Characters - 40 Author directly and clearly describes features of a character

10. Characters – 40 What is “direct characterization”?

11. Characters – 50 True or false – AND EXPLAIN: Static characters are also always flat characters

12. Characters – 50 What is “false; these are not necessarily related or dependent upon one another”?

13. Figurative Language - 10 Define “imagery.”

14. Figurative Language – 10 What is “language the author uses to appeal to any one of the five senses; uses language to create a sensory experience”?

15. Figurative Language- 20 Define “allusion.”

16. Figurative Language – 20 What is “a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing”?

17. Figurative Language- 30 Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.

18. Figurative Language – 30 What is “a simile uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ and a metaphor doesn’t use ‘like’ or ‘as’”?

19. Figurative Language - 40 Define hyperbole. BONUS 10 POINTS: Create an original example of hyperbole.

20. Figurative Language – 40 What is “a deliberate and extreme exaggeration”?

21. Figurative Language - 50 Define understatement. BONUS 10 POINTS: Create an original example of an understatement.

22. Figurative Language – 50 What is “the presentation of something as much less than reality”?

23. “Two Kinds” - 10 Explain what point of view Amy Tan uses in “Two Kinds.”

24. “Two Kinds” – 10 What is “first person; the story is a personal narrative delivered directly from Jing-Mei”?

25. “Two Kinds” - 20 Provide THREE examples of allusions in “Two Kinds.”

26. “Two Kinds” – 20 (answers vary)

27. “Two Kinds” - 30 Share and explain an example of visual imagery from “Two Kinds.”

28. “Two Kinds” – 30 (answers vary)

29. “Two Kinds” - 40 Use the following words to describe Jing-Mei: flat, round, static, dynamic.

30. “Two Kinds” – 40 What is “Jing-Mei is a dynamic and round character because she changes, and she’s highly developed”?

31. “Two Kinds” - 50 Find and explain THREE similes from the story.

32. “Two Kinds” – 50 (answers vary)

33. Plot - 10 Define plot.

34. Plot – 10 What is “the order and structure of events in a story”?

35. Plot - 20 Define conflict. BONUS 10 POINTS: Explain the two types of conflict.

36. Plot – 20 What is “a struggle between opposing characters around which the action of a story occurs”?

37. Plot - 30 A mixture of situation and personality that impels a character to behave a certain way or do something

38. Plot – 30 What is “motivation”?

39. Plot - 40 A character “sees” what is beneath the surface and perceives its inner workings; a character’s realization

40. Plot – 40 What is “epiphany”? tactless (adjective): lacking sensitivity

41. Plot - 50 The author suggests or predicts an outcome of plot; clues that something important will happen soon

42. Plot – 50 What is “foreshadowing”?

43. Language - 10 Define diction.

44. Language – 10 What is “an author’s word choice”?

45. Language - 20 Define tone.

46. Language – 20 What is “writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject and/or the audience”?

47. Language - 30 Define dialect.

48. Language – 30 What is “regional variety of language”?

49. Language - 40 Explain the difference between denotation and connotation. BONUS 10 POINTS: Give an example of a word that has a differing denotation and connotation.

50. Language – 40 What is “denotation – dictionary definition; connotation – feeling of a word”?