Literary Elements

What is the event that starts the rising action of a story?

• Exciting incident

• Inciting incident

• Climax

• Resolution

What is the most exciting part of a story?

• The exposition

• The rising action

• The climax

• The resolution

What do you call the end of the story?

• The resolution

• The climax

• The exposition

• The falling action

Which of the following is a simile

• Love

• Life is like a box of chocolates

• Students are the key to a school's success

• Family is the most important thing in the world

What does literal mean?

• You mean exactly what you say

• You don't mean exactly what you say

• What you say is unclear

• It doesn't mean anything

What do you call a conflict that a character has with herself?

• An internal conflict

• An external conflict

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. society

What's an example of a character vs. nature conflict?

• A character has to break up with his girlfriend

• A character is lost in the middle of a forest

• A character can't decide what sports team to try out for

• A character fails his math exam

What type of conflict is this? A character moves to a new country and is having a hard time adjusting to his new life.

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Society

What do you call the main character of a story?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

Who is the character who causes a problem in the story?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist