Lit. Term Tuesdays: Quiz 1

In a literary context, what is theme?

• The events of a story from beginning to end.

• The main character of a story that the audience usually roots for.

• The style or mood of how an event will be decorated.

• An insight about human life that's revealed in a literary work.

A classic pattern that's used in fiction to satisfy most audiences is referred to as a:

• Story pattern

• Story-telling arc

• Analogy

• Chronological

In literature exposition refers to:

• Introduces the main conflict of the story

• Is the most exciting part of the story

• Introduces the background information of the story

• Exposes the main antagonist of the story

The main character. The person for whom the reader roots for.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• foil

• antihero

The opponent who blocks the main character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• foil

• antihero

The vantage point from which a story is told

• Third-person

• First-person

• Punctuation

• Point of view

The main problem of the story is referred to as:

• conflict

• antagonist

• disaster

• climax

A series of events in a narrative that build up throughout the story, typically creating suspense, interest, or tension.

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• exposition

The most exciting, intense, or important event in a story.

• rising action

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

The events in a narrative that directly follow after the climax.

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action