Unit 2 Lit Quiz

the setting, the characters, and the situation

• exposition

• inciting incident

• indirect characterization

exact definition of a word

• assonance

• consonance

• denotation

the event that introduces the conflict and sets it in motion

• rising action

• inciting incident

• climax

the repetition of vowel sounds in words

• alliteration

• consonance

• assonance

the point at which the plot reaches the moment of highest emotional intensity

• crisis

• climax

• plot

the story's events contradict reasonable expectation

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• hyperbole

the emotional appeal associated with a word in addition to its dictionary definition

• connotation

• consonance

• indirect characterization

the story's events that unfold the results of the crisis and lead to the conclusion

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

the final outcome of the plot

• exposition

• resolution

• irony