Elements of Literature Quiz

_____________________ - the sequence of events can be divided into the beginning, middle, and end.

• plot

• character

• theme

• setting

_____________________ - the person who carries out the action of the plot.

• character

• plot

• theme

• conflict

_____________________ - the message, or lesson, that the author is trying to convey about the life - the human condition - to the reader of the story.

• theme

• character

• plot

• conflict

_____________________ - a struggle within the mind, will, or emotions of a character. (example: man vs. himself)

• internal conflict

• character

• external conflict

• theme

_____________________ - the background of time and place of a literary work.

• setting

• character

• plot

• theme

_____________________ - clash of actions, ideas, wills, or forces between the main characters or some inanimate object such as nature - man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, or man vs. God.

• external conflict

• character

• internal conflict

• theme

_____________________ - a struggle between two opposing forces.

• conflict

• character

• plot

• theme

Match the plot element with the appropriate description.

• most exciting part of the story

• climax

• end of the story

• rising action

• where the main character faces a series

• falling action

• events leading to the end of the story

• exposition

• beginning of the story

• resolution