Literature Concepts Quiz

What is the term for a situation where there is a contrast between expectation and reality?

• Irony

• Suspense

• Foreshadowing

Who is the main character of a piece of literature?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Narrator

What is the term for a scene that interrupts the story to describe an earlier event?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

Which point of view is told by an all-knowing narrator who shares the thoughts and feelings of any character?

• First person point of view

• Third person limited point of view

• Third person omniscient point of view

What is the point of highest intensity in a piece of literature called?

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

What is the series of events in a piece of literature known as?

• Plot

• Mood

• Dialect

Another term for person vs. self conflict is _____________conflict

• internal

• external

• ironic

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as' a ______________.

• irony

• metaphor

• simile

Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature and Person vs. Society

are all examples of __________ conflict.

• external

• internal

• simile

uneasy feeling in the reader in anticipation of what might happen

• point of view

• suspense

• internal conflict