English 9: Literary Terms Quiz #2

a reference in a literary work to a person, place, event, piece of literature, or to other information the reader is expected to know

a short account of an interesting or humorous event

the character who goes against the protagonist

the character who faces the conflict of the story

a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes, but the reader empathizes anyway

the methods used to present the personality of a character in a work of literature

the author TELLS the reader of the character's traits

the author SHOWS the reader the character's traits through speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks

the general term for the struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature

a psychological or emotional conflict that occurs within a character; man vs. self