Literary Analysis Vocabulary

The character who fights against the main character, which word has this definition?  

• Protagonist 

• Antagonist 

• Character

A person or animal that takes part in the action of the literary work, which word has this definition? 

• Protagonist 

• Antagonist 

• Character

The central message of the story or the universal lesson being taught, which word has this definition? 

• Central idea

• Main idea

• Theme 

• Lesson

Internal and external struggle between opposing forces, which word has this definition? 

• Struggle

• Conflict

• Setting

• Plot

The methods a writer uses to develop characters, which word has this definition? 

• Character

• Characterization

• Setting

• Plot

The main events of a story, which word has this definition?  

• Setting

• Plot

• Character

• Chapter 

The time and place where the story happens, which word has this definition? 

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Character 

The main character of a story, which word has this definition? 

• Protagonist

• Antagonist 

• Character

Which of the following literary elements are most important to consider when analyzing a character's MOTIVATION?

• point of view (first person, third person, etc)

• the character's thoughts and actions

• theme

• literary devices (simile, metaphor, personification)

Which of the following statements describe a THEME?

• It's easier to rely on yourself than to rely on beliefs that you can't prove are real.

• It's a fictional, futuristic, and highly surveilled world where resources are scarce.

• The characters compete with one another for basic resources like food and water due to scarcity in their society.

• The text is mainly about a curious teenage girl who worries deeply about the problems in her world.