Literary Terms for English 1: The Narrative Unit

A protagonist of a story is ...

• The leading character

• A friend of a character

• The enemy of the story

• The opposing force to the lead character

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The character who prevents the protagonist from reaching his/her goal

• secondary character

• enemy

• antagonist

• main character

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Which part of the plot introduces the characters?

• exposition

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

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 Choose the two words that best complete the sentence. During the exposition, it is important to introduce the ________ and the ________.

• characters, setting

• climax, conflict

• characters, falling action

• conflict, resolution

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What is the definition of plot?

• The lesson in the story.

• The sequence of events in the story

• The turning point of a story

• The conflict in a story

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Which of the following show the elements of plot in order?

• climax, rising action, exposition, falling action, resolution

• exposition, climax, rising action, falling action, resolution

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• resolution, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition

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If a story contains a flashback it is considered to have a 

• linear plot

• non-linear plot

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What is a conflict in a story?

• The beginning that introduces the characters and setting. 

• story is in chronological order and does not skew from that order.

• A series of events that complicates matters for your characters, and results in increased drama or suspense

• a struggle between two opposing forces usually the protagonist and the antagonist

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A linear plot structure consists of consists of a series of events that have a clear beginning, middle, and end. The story unfolds in chronological order, which means they are told in the order they happened.

• True

• False

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A non-linear plot structure mimics the way humans memory works. The events are not in chronological order

• True

• False

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