3rd 9-weeks test-vocabulary

the author tells you explicitly what a character is like

• exposition

• direct characterization

• irony

• point of view

what happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen

• irony

• point of view

• metaphor

• climax

the atmosphere or feeling created by a work of literature

• irony

• climax

• suspense

• mood

the narrator is not in the story but focuses on one character's point of view

• point of view

• third-person limited

• theme

• resolution

the time and place of a story

• theme

• setting

• resolution

• point of view

a truth about life that is revealed in a story

• resolution

• setting

• theme

• historical fiction

the standpoint from which a story is told

• climax

• point of view

• metaphor

• irony

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

• resolution

• climax

• static character

• exposition

the most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist; a turning point in the story

• resolution

• climax

• setting

• exposition

a character that remains the same throughout the story

• irony

• direct characterization

• static character

• exposition