Literature Quiz: Story Elements

The time and location in which a story takes place?

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

The main message or life lesson of a story is called the?

• Theme

• Mood

• Setting

"Don't judge a book by its cover" is an example of?

• Mood

• Theme

• Conflict

The perspective from which the story is told.

• camera view

• character view

• point of view

The main or central character of a story is called?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Antagonizer

The problem that moves the PLOT/story forward?

• setting

• conflict

• character

A character who changes throughout the story usually as a result of overcoming a problem.

• Static character

• Dynamic character

What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?

• Setting

• conflict

• character

The highest point of interest or tension in a story?

• setting

• exposition

• climax

What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?

• setting

• plot

• conflict