English 2110 Final Exam Questions And
Answers. Updated And Verified.
Plot - Answer✔the action or what is happening in a story is called
protagonist - Answer✔the main character in a story is called
flashback - Answer✔the forward action in the story is stopped to recount an episode that
happened in the past in order to supply necessary background material or to maintain suspense
foil - Answer✔a minor character whose role sharpens our understanding of a major character
by providing a contrast
images - Answer✔words or phrases that put a picture in your mind
motif - Answer✔words or phrases that are deliberately repeated to emphasize some important
element in the story and thus convey meaning
symbol - Answer✔a repeated image that gathers significant meaning
archetypal symbol - Answer✔symbols that supposedly convey the same meaning in all cultures
from the time of earliest civilization
setting - Answer✔the time and place in which a story, play or novel occurs
point of view - Answer✔the angle or perspective from which a story is reported and interpreted
alliteration - Answer✔the repetition of beginning consonant sounds. For example, "Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers."
denotation - Answer✔literal, easy-to-understand dictionary meanings
symbol - Answer✔a word that means what it is, but at the same time it represents something
else, too.
simile - Answer✔an explicit, or clear and direct, comparison between two things that are
basically unalike using dead giveaway words such as "like", "as though", "similar to", "than", or
"as"
occasional verse - Answer✔a poem written about or for an important event
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