Literary Terms

Choose the best answer(s). Theme is:

• a universal concept

• supported by character and plot

• often explicit

• All of the above

Explain the relationship between motif and theme:

• There is no connection

• They are the same

• Motif helps reader understand the theme

Every story must have a CONFLICT.

• True

• False

Which literary term is represented  in the picture?

• tone

• setting 

• antagonist

• theme

The central or main idea

• mood

• theme

• point of view

• flashback

The use of FLASHBACKS in a narrative may help readers to better understand a character.

• True

• False

The word NARRATIVE means "story".

• True 

• False

The picture illustrates what POINT OF VIEW?

• 1st person narrator

• 3rd person narrator

If a story is told in 3rd person, it means the narrator is...

• a character in the story

• an outside observer

In what part of the plot diagram does the story come to an end?

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

• resolution