Semester 1 English Exam

Front

What is the term for the time and place in which events of a literary work take place?

Back

Setting

Front

What term describes a work that mocks or ridicules the stupidity of groups, individuals, institutions, or society?

Back

Satire

Front

What is the term for a struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature?

Back

Conflict

Front

What do we call characters that have only one or two personality traits that can be summed up in a single phrase?

Back

Flat characters

Front

What is the term for characters that are complex and have many different traits?

Back

Round characters

Front

What is the term for the main character in a story, often facing a conflict?

Back

Protagonist

Front

What is the term for the character or force that opposes the protagonist?

Back

Antagonist

Front

What is the literary term for the sequence of events in a story?

Back

Plot

Front

What do we call a literary device that gives hints about what will happen later in the story?

Back

Foreshadowing

Front

What is the term for the emotional atmosphere of a literary work?

Back

Mood