Literary Terms: Practice

What to similes and metaphors have in common?

• They both compare unlike things

• They are both figurative language

• They are both non-literal language

• All of the above

The protagonist of a story is always

• the most important character

• the kindest character

• the strongest character

• the most interesting character

"The leaves danced in the wind" is an example of

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

The arrangement of events in a story is called the

• setting

• conflict

• plot

• theme

Which part of a plot establishes the setting and characters so that we can understand the rest of the story?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which is NOT an example of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• plot

What is the FINAL part of any plot, when the conflict comes to a close?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Which type of conflict involves a protagonist struggling against a single antagonist?

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

The rising action builds the ______ of the story.

• climax

• plot

• setting

• conflict

The message of a story that readers can apply to life is called:

• the moral

• a fable

• the theme

• the best part