Literary Terms Quiz

What is the term for when and where a story takes place?

• Plot

• Setting

• Exposition

• Climax

What is the sequence of main events in a story called?

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Resolution

What is the main problem of the story called?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Resolution

Which part of the story introduces characters, setting, conflict, and theme?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

What is the part of the story called when tension begins to rise and conflict(s) build towards the climax?

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Rising Action

What is the height of conflict in a story, the point at which action peaks and everything changes?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

What is the moment called when problem(s)/conflict(s) are solved?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Rising Action

What is the part of the story that follows the climax but happens before the resolution?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Climax

What is the term for the way we see the story through the eyes of a character or someone not part of the story?

• Narrator

• Point of View

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

What is the author's message or lesson in a story called?

• Genre

• Theme

• Tone/Mood

• Setting