ENG4U UNIT 1 EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Plot: Exposition - ANS Sets the story up, introduces characters and gives some background.
Plot: Conflict (five types) - ANS a. person vs person
b. person vs self
c. person vs nature
d. person vs society
e. person vs supernatural
Plot: Rising Action - ANS complication or development in the conflict
Plot: Climax - ANS turning point in the story; most intense moment
Plot: Falling Action/Denouement - ANS events that lead to resolution
Resolution - ANS the results of the conflict
four types of characterization - ANS a. physical description
b. speech and action of the character
c. direct comment from the narrator
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, d. speech and action from other characters
4 types of characters: round - ANS complex or presented in detail
4 types of characters: dynamic - ANS developing and learning in the course of the story
4 types of characters: flat - ANS characterized by one or two traits
4 types of characters: static - ANS unchanged from the stories beginning to end
5 themes of literature and analyzing characters - ANS a. motivation
b. behaviour
c. consequences
d. responsibility
e. expectations
Mood: setting - ANS the time/place where the story is taking place. includes weather and
social customs
Mood: atmosphere - ANS the mood/feeling the story prevails
POV: first person - ANS one character tells the story in the first person; the reader only
knows and sees what that one character knows and sees; often unreliable and innocent
POV Third Person: Omniscient - ANS The author knows everything that the characters say,
do, feel, or think. The author knows everything about the characters, including their
motivations, thoughts, and feelings.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Plot: Exposition - ANS Sets the story up, introduces characters and gives some background.
Plot: Conflict (five types) - ANS a. person vs person
b. person vs self
c. person vs nature
d. person vs society
e. person vs supernatural
Plot: Rising Action - ANS complication or development in the conflict
Plot: Climax - ANS turning point in the story; most intense moment
Plot: Falling Action/Denouement - ANS events that lead to resolution
Resolution - ANS the results of the conflict
four types of characterization - ANS a. physical description
b. speech and action of the character
c. direct comment from the narrator
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, d. speech and action from other characters
4 types of characters: round - ANS complex or presented in detail
4 types of characters: dynamic - ANS developing and learning in the course of the story
4 types of characters: flat - ANS characterized by one or two traits
4 types of characters: static - ANS unchanged from the stories beginning to end
5 themes of literature and analyzing characters - ANS a. motivation
b. behaviour
c. consequences
d. responsibility
e. expectations
Mood: setting - ANS the time/place where the story is taking place. includes weather and
social customs
Mood: atmosphere - ANS the mood/feeling the story prevails
POV: first person - ANS one character tells the story in the first person; the reader only
knows and sees what that one character knows and sees; often unreliable and innocent
POV Third Person: Omniscient - ANS The author knows everything that the characters say,
do, feel, or think. The author knows everything about the characters, including their
motivations, thoughts, and feelings.
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