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ELA review

Plot

Question: The part of plot where author introduces setting, characters, problem
Answer: Basic situation

Question: When you know how the problem will be resolved
Answer: Climax

Question: When the problem is resolved
Answer: Resolution

Question: Events, complications, conflicts
Answer: Rising action

Question: Another term for basic situation
Answer: Exposition

Character

Question: Stays the same throughout story, does not change
Answer: Static

Question: Character we do not know much about
Answer: Flat

Question: Changes either physically or emotionally
Answer: Dynamic

Question: Character the reader knows a lot about
Answer: Round

Question: Reason for a character's behavior or choices
Answer: Motivation

Point of view

Question: Told by a character in the story
Answer: First person

Question: Uses pronouns like I, me, my
Answer: First person

Question: Uses pronouns like he, she, they
Answer: Third person

Question: Told by character outside story, like a spectator
Answer: Third person

Question: All-knowing, narrator knows thoughts and feelings of all characters
Answer: Omniscient

Purposes

Question: Reading to understand, gain knowledge
Answer: Comprehension

Question: Reading to do something, complete a task
Answer: Practical application

Question: Reading to argue, persuade
Answer: Evaluate

Question: Reading without intention, like billboards or thirsts
Answer: Accidental or unintentional

Question: Reading for pleasure
Answer: Aesthetic

Conflict

Question: Inside the character, not seen
Answer: Internal

Question: Outside the character, like man vs. nature
Answer: External

Question: Conflict is the ---------between opposing forces
Answer: Struggle

Question: Hints or clues the author leaves that lead to climax and add to the conflict
Answer: Foreshadowing

Question: Another term for conflict
Answer: Complication