English II Fall Final Review

_______What is the term for the point in the story prior to the climax when complications develop and increase reader interest?

• Rising action

• resolution

• falling action

• action movie

_______The writer’s choice of setting and use of descriptive language contribute to

• mise en scene

• Tone

• Mood

• cinematography

_______What is a flashback?

• A scene in which a character mentions something that happened earlier.

• An interruption of a story’s chronology to describe an earlier event.

• A technique an author uses to change the setting of an earlier one.

• An interruption of the plot to return to character development.

What is situational irony?

• The actual outcome is the opposite of what was expected.

• Two parts, both of which are true, seem to contradict each other

• The reader knows important information that a character does not.

• Confusion of the reader caused by a complicated presentation of events.

A character who shows varied and sometimes contradictory traits is called a

• Flat Character

• Cartoon Character

• Static Character

• Round character

A work’s central understanding about life is called

• Theme

• Motif

• Main Idea

• Chorus

Tone is....?

• The vibe created by the language.

• The author's attitude towards their subject.

• The sound of something in a story.

• How much muscle definition you have.

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character is the definition of what literary term?

• Main character

• Antagonist

• Foil

• Protagonist

What is an author’s choice of words?

• Diction

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Revelation

Imagery can best be defined as

• The person or people who tell a story

• The atmosphere of a work of literature

• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

• The lesson taught by a work of literature