Literary Terms

Protagonist vs Antagonist

• Man vs Society

• Man vs Man

• Man vs Self

• Man vs Nature

Man vs Man is an example of

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Setting

• None of the above

Man Vs Self is an example

• internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Plot

• None of the above

Which word below is a memory--the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• conflict

• climax

Which word is the portion of a story that helps the reader to understand the background or situation in which the story is set. It includes the setting, characters, and conflict.

• flashback

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

Which word below is a hint or clue about something to come in the story?

• drama

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• conflict

Which word below is the turning point in the story. It may or may not coincide with the high point of action?

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Which word below is an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects or lighting.

• foreshadowing

• stage directions

• resolution

• drama

Which word below is a script written to be performed by actors/actresses?

• climax

• falling action

• plot

• drama

Which word below is the action of a play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax. Typically it is the events that happen after the climax.

• falling action

• rising action

• exposition

• resolution