High School Literary Terms

Which word below is a series of events within a fiction story

• climax

• drama

• plot

• conflict

Which word below is a series of events that move a story toward a climax

• climax

• drama

• rising action

• falling action

Which word is the portion of the story where the problem is solved

• climax

• falling action

• conflict

• resolution

Which word below is the problem or struggle in a story that triggers the rising action

• climax

• rising action

• conflict

• drama

Which point of view has the thoughts of every character open to the reader. The reader is shown what every character is thinking or feeling.

• Third person objective

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• 2nd person

Which term below is the character having a problem deciding what to do in a particular situation, generally due to fear, anger, regret, etc.

• character vs society

• character vs self

• character vs nature

• character vs fate

Which point of view uses second-person pronouns such as you and your, is rare; authors seldom speak directly to the reader.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Which point of view uses that of an outsider looking into the action. Third-person pronouns such as he, she, they, them, are used.

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person limited

Which point of view is where the thoughts of only one character are open to the reader, either throughout the entire work or in a specific section.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person limited

A type of conflict in which a character has a problem with some element of society: the school, the law, the accepted way of doing things, and so on.

• character vs self

• character vs society

• character vs nature

• character vs character