Literary Terms Pre-Test

experiences some sort of growth and/or change throughout the text.

• dynamic character

• static character

the central character in a text, usually represents good, and fights for some moral cause.

• antagonist

• protagonist

a struggle between 2 (or more) opposing forces

• irony

• conflict

• foreshadowing

• exposition

The narrator is directly involved in the events of the story;

Uses pronouns like “I,” “my,” “me”

• first person point of view

• second person point of view

• third person limited point of view

• third person omniscient point of view

The struggle takes place within the character’s mind.

• internal conflict (person vs. self)

• external conflict

The narrator does not know the feelings or thoughts of all characters in the text.

• third person limited point of view

• third person omniscient point of view

When the reader is being directly addressed, or he/she is the main character.

• first person point of view

• second person point of view

• third person limited point of view

• third person omniscient point of view

does not experience any growth and/or change throughout the text.

• dynamic character

• static character

the author’s attitude towards the subject and/or characters of a text.

• mood

• tone

The central message the reader takes away from the text

• motif

• theme

• exposition

• point of view