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10th Unit 1 Study Guide
Test Date
Fiction Selections
1. “The Leap” p.36
2. “By the Waters of Babylon” p.61
3. “Everyday Use” p.114
4. “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy” p.128
5. “The Storyteller” p.221
6. “Antojos” p.275
7. “The Possibility of Evil” p.338
8. “Masque of the Red Death” p.366
9. “The Seventh Man” p.377
Nonfiction Selections
1. “Escape from Afghanistan” p.179
2. “My First Free Summer” p.261
3. Man in the Water” p.391
4. “R.M.S. Titanic” p.396
5. “A Fireman’s Story” p.411
6. ”From a Lifeboat” p.412
Poetry
1.“Exile” (poem) p.268
2.“All-American Girl” (poem) p.272
Literature Terms – You can reference pages 4-5, 102-103, 208-209, and 308-309 or the glossary beginning on
p.1193 to define each term.
1. Plot is a series of related
.
2. Plot Structure
a. Basic Situation/Exposition: introduces the characters and their conflicts
b. Rising Action: a series of complications occur
c. Climax: the point at which we learn what the
of the conflict will be
d. Denouement (French for unraveling the knot) /Resolution: the
3. Chronological sequence: the
of the story
in which a story happened
4. Flashback: scene that occurs out of sequence and tells of events that happened in the
5. Foreshadow: A hint or
about something that will happen
6. Suspense: the feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about what is going to happen
in a story
.
7. Conflict
a. External: involves a character and
person or thing
b. Internal: always takes place
a character’s mind, heart, or soul
8. Setting: the story’s time and
9. Mood: atmosphere, affecting the way we
as we read
10. Traits: special
11. Direct characterization: writer
the character’s traits
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12. Indirect characterization: writer allows
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to see the character in action by showing
how the character acts, speaks, private thoughts (diary), appearance, and how other characters
interact with the character
13. Motivations: reasons for
the way a character does
14. Protagonist:
character; one who drives the action
15. Anatagonist: character who
protagonist from getting what he or she wants
16. Flat character: two dimensional character with only
traits
17. Round character: has dimensions of a person from real life with
18. Stock character: fits
traits and complexities
preconceived notions of a type (such as the jock, nerd, etc.)
19. Point of view
a. 1st : is a character in the story; uses pronoun
; limited to what this character
knows/perceives
b. Omniscient:
a character in the story; knows everything that is going on in the story.
c. 3rd limited: uses the 3rd person pronoun (he, she, or they) but focuses on only
character. Limited to what this character feels.
20. Voice: author’s distinctive use of
21. Diction: author’s
choice
22. Tone: writer’s
toward subject
23. Symbol: person, place, thing, or event that stands for both itself and for something beyond itself
24. Allegory: a type of story in which all the characters
certain vices (bad habits)
and virtues
25. Fable: brief story that teaches a
or lesson about life
26. Parable: brief story that teaches a
about life
27. Irony: A contrast between what is
with what actually happens
a. Situational: situation turns out the opposite of what you expected
b. Dramatic: when the
knows something that the characters don’t
c. Verbal: say one thing but mean the
28. Theme - makes some revelation about the subject. Often reveals a
behavior.
of a story.
29. Magic realism: elements of
inserted into realistic situations
about human