Literary Terms Quiz

The elements of a story are

• mood, theme, beginning, middle, end

• author, reader, book, paper, ink

• plot, setting, characters, conflict, theme, point of view

• mood, characters, conflict, setting, plot

The _______ in story is made of both time and place.

• conflict

• setting

• characterization

• moral

the main character in a novel or play who keeps the action moving forward is the _________.

• main man

• heroine

• prologue

• protagonist

a short story that has animals for characters and teaches a lesson is _____

• fable

• fairy tale

• short story

• limerick

a story's plot outline follows which pattern?

• setting, theme, tone, irony

• beginning, middle, resolution

• beginning, problem, character introduction, conclusion

• introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Some tales have a "twist" in the plot. This discrepancy between what a reader expects to happen and what really does happen is ______.

• inversion

• satire

• irony

• suspense

the events or conflict in a story makes up the ________.

• action

• middle

• imagination

• adventure

the evil, bad guy in a story is the _______.

• hero

• antagonist

• protaganist

• characters

writing us divided into types called ________.

• genres

• categories

• biographies

• moods

the overall meaning of the story or piece of writing is the _____.

• mood

• theme

• genre

• plot