Review for FAST 1
Across
- 1. how the reader learns about the characters; can be direct or indirect
- 5. (Denouement) Rounds out and concludes the action.
- 9. An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: She’s said so on several million occasions
- 10. man vs self
- 11. The climate of feeling in a literary work.
- 14. The use of words that mimic sounds. They appeal to our sense of hearing and they help bring a description to life. Example: Crackle!
- 15. This occurs when the audience or reader knows more than the characters know.
- 17. The contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.
- 18. are sometimes referred to as STATIC characters because they do not change in the course of the story.
- 20. the sequence of events that make up a story
- 21. The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
- 22. The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can’t tell us thoughts of other characters.
- 26. Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our
- 28. An author’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story. Frequently, future events are merely hinted at through dialogue, description, or the attitudes and reactions of the characters.
- 29. the vantage point from which a story is told
- 30. The climax is the result of the crisis. It is the high point of the story for the reader. The point at which the outcome of the conflict can be predicted.
- 31. Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject.
- 32. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices
- 34. essence of fiction. It creates plot.
- 35. Action The events after the climax which close the story.
- 36. is the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is.
- 38. of Situation This refers to a happening that is the opposite of what is expected or intended.
- 39. A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well.
- 40. A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be.
Down
- 2. The event or character that triggers the conflict.
- 3. The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.
- 4. The character or force that opposes the protagonist.
- 6. The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. A theme may be stated or
- 7. A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.
- 8. The main character in the story (not always a likeable person)
- 12. a conflict between a character and some other outside forcwe
- 13. The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.
- 16. grows or progresses to a higher level of understanding in the course of the story.
- 19. The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
- 23. The author’s attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject.
- 24. A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.
- 25. Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.
- 27. A character who provides a contrast to the protagonist.
- 30. a problem or struggle in a story; can be internal or external
- 33. like or as.
- 37. A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the