Literary Terms Review

What is the main character of a story called?

• protagonist
• antagonist
• mentor 
• sidekick

What is the type of story called?

• genre
• general
• generous
• genius

What are the three elements of setting?

• time
• place
• atmosphere
• all of the above

What is used to attract the reader's interest?

• the hook or inciting force
• the climax
• the rising action
• the falling action

What grows in the rising action?

• the conflict
• the moral
• the theme
• the symbol

What is NOT a conflict?

• person vs. self
• person vs. society
• person vs. person
• person to person

What is the longest stage in the plot diagram?

• climax
• introduction
• rising action
• conclusion

How is the conflict concluded?

• the hook
• the symbol
• the resolution
• the moral

What is an object with a deeper or secondary meaning called?

• a character
• a symbol
• a theme
• a moral

What is the lesson of a story called?

• the moral
• the theme
• the conflict
• the genre