Literary Elements Quiz

The vantage point from which a story is told is the __________________________.

• Setting

• Point of view

• Theme

• Tone

The type of conflict that occurs within the character is __________________________.

• External conflict

• Internal conflict

• Dynamic conflict

• Rising action

The __________________ character is someone who opposes the main character.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Dynamic

• Static

The part of plot where we meet the characters and setting is the __________________.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Rising action

The __________________ of a story of related events; "what happens" in a story.

• Plot

• Theme

• Mood

• Tone

The __________________ is the lesson or idea about life that is revealed in a work of literature.

• Setting

• Theme

• Tone

• Mood

The __________________ is the attitude of the author toward his subject.

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

• Setting

The time or location in which a story takes place is the __________________.

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Mood

The overall emotion created by a work of literature (how the reader feels when he/she is reading it) is the __________________.

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood

• Setting

The part of the plot where the conflicts are resolved and the story has come to an end is the __________________.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising action

• Falling action