Literary Terms Pre-Test

The high point of interest or suspense; rising action leads up to it; falling action follows

• Conflict

• Text features

• Personification

• Climax

A struggle or problem in the story for the main character is the

• protagonist

• metaphor

• flashback

• conflict

A person or force working against the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• narrator

• flat character

The main or central character in the story

• narrator

• flat character

• dynamic character

• protagonist

A central message or insight into live revealed through literary work

• figurative language

• dialogue

• theme

• mood

When, Where, and the time a story takes place is called the

• plot

• setting

• resolution

• conflict

When the climax or conflict is solved it is called the

• plot

• setting

• resolution

• conflict

The sequence of events in a story is the

• setting

• conflict

• resolution

• plot