Literary Elements Quiz

What term describes the events and their significance as the story unfolds, including five different parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

• Climax

Match the following descriptions with the correct term commonly referred to in literature.

• The time and place in which a story takes place.

• Protagonist

• The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.

• Setting

• The opponent or rival of the main character.

• Antagonist

• A person, animal, or being in literature.

• Character

Who is the main character that generates the action of a story and engages the reader's interest and empathy?

• Antagonist

• Dynamic character

• Protagonist

• Static character

What term is used for a character who opposes the protagonist?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Dynamic character

• Static character

What type of character goes through some sort of change, showing character development?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Dynamic character

• Static character

Match the following character types with their correct descriptions.

• A character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the story.

• Dynamic character

• The opponent or rival of the protagonist.

• Antagonist

• A character who does not change throughout the course of the story.

• Static character

• The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.

• Protagonist

What term is used to convey information about a character's background story, including the settings, past events, and other relevant historical facts or ideas?

• Plot

• Setting

• Backstory

• Climax

What is defined as the central turning point of the story when the protagonist confronts the opposing force?

• Resolution

• Climax

• Exposition

• Conflict

What occurs right after the climax and involves what happens after the main problem of the story has been solved? (a)  

• Resolution
• Falling action
• Rising action
• Exposition

What term is used to define the place and time in which the story in any literary piece occurs?

• Plot

• Setting

• Backstory

• Climax