1. Literary Terminology
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2. Characters
Figurative Language
“Two Kinds”
Plot
Language 10 20 30 40 50

3. An undeveloped character who lacks complexity
Characters - 10
An undeveloped character who lacks complexity

4. What is a “flat character”?
Characters – 10
What is a “flat character”?

5. A character that stays the same throughout the story
Characters - 20
A character that stays the same throughout the story

6. What is a “static character”?
Characters – 20
What is a “static character”?

7. Characters - 30
Two characters who are against each other in a story; sometimes the hero vs. the villain

8. What is “protagonist and antagonist”?
Characters – 30
What is “protagonist and antagonist”?

9. Author directly and clearly describes features of a character
Characters - 40
Author directly and clearly describes features of a character

10. What is “direct characterization”?
Characters – 40
What is “direct characterization”?

11. Characters – 50
True or false – AND EXPLAIN: Static characters are also always flat characters

12. Characters – 50
What is “false; these are not necessarily related or dependent upon one another”?

13. Figurative Language - 10
Define “imagery.”

14. Figurative Language – 10
What is “language the author uses to appeal to any one of the five senses; uses language to create a sensory experience”?

15. Figurative Language- 20
Define “allusion.”

16. Figurative Language – 20
What is “a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing”?

17. Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
Figurative Language- 30
Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.

18. Figurative Language – 30
What is “a simile uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ and a metaphor doesn’t use ‘like’ or ‘as’”?

19. Figurative Language - 40
Define hyperbole. BONUS 10 POINTS: Create an original example of hyperbole.

20. What is “a deliberate and extreme exaggeration”?
Figurative Language – 40
What is “a deliberate and extreme exaggeration”?

21. Figurative Language - 50
Define understatement. BONUS 10 POINTS: Create an original example of an understatement.

22. What is “the presentation of something as much less than reality”?
Figurative Language – 50
What is “the presentation of something as much less than reality”?

23. Explain what point of view Amy Tan uses in “Two Kinds.”

24. “Two Kinds” – 10
What is “first person; the story is a personal narrative delivered directly from Jing-Mei”?

25. Provide THREE examples of allusions in “Two Kinds.”

26. “Two Kinds” – 20
(answers vary)

27. Share and explain an example of visual imagery from “Two Kinds.”

28. “Two Kinds” – 30
(answers vary)

29. “Two Kinds” - 40
Use the following words to describe Jing-Mei: flat, round, static, dynamic.

30. “Two Kinds” – 40
What is “Jing-Mei is a dynamic and round character because she changes, and she’s highly developed”?

31. Find and explain THREE similes from the story.
“Two Kinds” - 50
Find and explain THREE similes from the story.

32. “Two Kinds” – 50
(answers vary)

33. Plot - 10
Define plot.

34. What is “the order and structure of events in a story”?
Plot – 10
What is “the order and structure of events in a story”?

35. Define conflict. BONUS 10 POINTS: Explain the two types of conflict.
Plot - 20
Define conflict. BONUS 10 POINTS: Explain the two types of conflict.

36. Plot – 20
What is “a struggle between opposing characters around which the action of a story occurs”?

37. Plot - 30
A mixture of situation and personality that impels a character to behave a certain way or do something

38. Plot – 30
What is “motivation”?

39. Plot - 40
A character “sees” what is beneath the surface and perceives its inner workings; a character’s realization

40. What is “epiphany”? tactless (adjective): lacking sensitivity
Plot – 40
What is “epiphany”? tactless (adjective): lacking sensitivity

41. Plot - 50
The author suggests or predicts an outcome of plot; clues that something important will happen soon

42. What is “foreshadowing”?
Plot – 50
What is “foreshadowing”?

43. Language - 10
Define diction.

44. What is “an author’s word choice”?
Language – 10
What is “an author’s word choice”?

45. Language - 20
Define tone.

46. Language – 20
What is “writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject and/or the audience”?

47. Language - 30
Define dialect.

48. What is “regional variety of language”?

49. Language - 40
Explain the difference between denotation and connotation. BONUS 10 POINTS: Give an example of a word that has a differing denotation and connotation.

50. Language – 40
What is “denotation – dictionary definition; connotation – feeling of a word”?

51. Language - 50
Define style.

52. What is “the way a literary work is written”?
Language – 50
What is “the way a literary work is written”?