Unit 1 Literary Terms Quiz

the character who opposes the protagonist or hero

• antagonist
• protagonist
• narrator
• conflict

the sequence of events in a literary work

• plot
• omniscient point of view
• genre
• nonfiction

the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story

• conflict
• personification
• mood
• foil

the universal message or life lesson that transcends the story

• theme
• symbolism
• dystopian fiction
• plot

where and when the story takes place (time and place)

• setting
• mood
• genre
• dystopian fiction

feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• mood
• narrator
• nonfiction
• protagonist

a person in a story

• character
• setting
• conflict
• third-person limited point of view

the main character in a literary work

• protagonist
• dynamic character
• setting
• static character

a literary work based on imagined events and not necessarily on fact

• fiction
• third-person limited point of view
• symbolism
• nonfiction

writing that tells about real people, places, and events

• nonfiction
• fiction
• static character
• personification