English Vocab Quiz Study Set: 2

a standard or traditional way of presenting or expressing something, or a traditional or characteristic feature of a particular literary genre or subgenre

Example--Vampire drinking blood is a ______of vampire stories

in plot, the moment when the conflict comes to a head, often requiring the characters to make a decision

literally translated as "untying"; related to plot, this term is used in three ways:

(1): as a synonym for falling actions

(2): as a synonym for conclusion or resolution, and

(3): as the label for a phrase following the conclusion in which loose ends are wrapped up.

any improbable, unprepared-for plot contrivance introduced late in a literary work to resolve the conflict; literally translated as "god out of the machine"

words spoken by characters in a literary work

word choice

when there is a gap between what a character knows and what the reader/audience knows

characters who change over the course of a work

a short section or chapter that comes after the conclusion, tying up loose ends and often describing what happens to the characters after the resolution of the conflict

a sudden revelation of truth, often inspired by a seemingly simply or commonplace event