Literary Elements (Keystone Vocabulary 3)
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- Q1What is the turning point in a narrative or the moment when the conflict is most intense?ExpositionInciting IncidentRising ActionClimax30s
- Q2What is the term for a narrative device often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances?ResolutionRising ActionClimaxExposition30s
- Q3What is the term for the part of a literary plot that is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications?Falling ActionResolutionRising ActionExposition30s
- Q4What is the term for the "personal" point of view that relates events as they are perceived by a single character? The narrating character may offer opinions that differ from those of the author.Point of ViewThird PersonFirst PersonFocus30s
- Q5What is the term for the center of interest or attention?MoodStyleVoiceFocus30s
- Q6What is the term for an essential technique used in literature (Ex. characterization, setting, plot, theme)?ExpositionLiterary ElementsSettingStyle30s
- Q7What is the term for the prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a work derived from literary devices such as dialogue and literary elements such as setting?ToneStyleMoodTheme30s
- Q8What is the term for he structure of a story and way the author arranges the events of a story. The structure usually includes rising action, climax, falling action, and then resolution?ThemeExpositionPlotFocus30s
- Q9What is the he position of the narrator in relation to the story--the perspective from which a narrator presents information or the vantage point from which the story is told?Third PersonPoint of viewFirst PersonFocus30s
- Q10What is the term for the portion of a story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved?Falling ActionExpositionResolutionPlot30s
- Q11What is the part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated.Falling ActionInciting IncidentClimaxRising Action30s
- Q12What is the term for the time and place in which a story unfolds?ThemeSettingPlotRising action30s
- Q13What is the term for the author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the readerFocusStyleMoodTheme30s
- Q14What is a topic of a work; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of the literary work. It may be stated or implied in a work, and is usually found in parts of the text that are reoccurring or are extremely prominent?MoodFocusThemeResolution30s
- Q15What is a perspective in literature that presents the events of a story from outside of any single character's perception. It may be limited or omniscient.Point of ViewThird PersonMoodFirst Person30s