TAP Literary Analysis 3

Question 1

What is the 'falling action' in a narrative's plot structure?

Accepted Answer

The events that occur after the climax and lead toward the resolution

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The introductory events before the conflict begins

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The events that lead up to the climax

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The final scene that wraps up all loose ends

Question 2

Which literary device involves a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work from history, culture, or literature?

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Allusion

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Metaphor

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Anachronism

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Allegory

Question 3

What is 'imagery' in literary analysis?

Accepted Answer

Language that appeals to the senses to create vivid mental pictures

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The use of pictures or illustrations in a text

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The symbolic meaning of objects within a story

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Figurative comparisons between unlike things

Question 4

What does analyzing an author's 'syntax' reveal in a literary text?

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How sentence structure and arrangement of words affects meaning and rhythm

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The author's choice of vocabulary and word connotations

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The historical context in which the author wrote the text

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The moral lessons embedded in the narrative

Question 5

What is a 'frame narrative'?

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A structure in which one story is presented as the context for another embedded story

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A story told in strict chronological order from beginning to end

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A narrative that begins at the end and works backward

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A story in which multiple narrators tell the same events differently

Question 6

Which term best describes an author's use of a recurring object, color, or image to represent an abstract idea in a text?

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Motif

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Metaphor

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Alliteration

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Irony

Question 7

When a reader analyzes the 'mood' of a literary passage, they are examining:

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The emotional atmosphere or feeling the text evokes in the reader

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The author's attitude toward the subject matter

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The central conflict between characters

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The voice and personality of the narrator