Literary Terms Quiz

What is the first stage of the plot pyramid?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which stage of the plot pyramid follows the climax?

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which part of the story involves the middle where conflicts are built and complicated?

• Falling action

• Rising action

• Climax

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the resolution that concludes the story called?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Denouement

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does the term "setting" refer to in a story or play?

• The main character's personality

• The time and place of a story or play

• The plot twist in the story

• The moral lesson of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following can be true about the setting of a story?

• It must be a real place

• It can only take place in the present

• It can be a real or imagined place, and take place in the past, present, or future

• It is always the same as the author's hometown

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

In which point of view does the narrator know everything about the characters and their problems?

• First Person Point of View

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

• Second Person Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the tone in a piece of writing?

• The attitude a writer takes toward a subject or character

• The atmosphere of a story felt by an audience

• The main theme of the story

• The setting of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the theme in a work of literature?

• The central idea of a work

• A detailed summary of the plot

• The main character's name

• The setting of the story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following is NOT a method of indirect characterization?

• A character’s thoughts and feelings

• How a character looks/dresses

• What the character says

• The author's direct description of the character

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3