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Story Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader, suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind.
a)
Mood
b)
Tone
c)
Setting
d)
Main idea
2.
Define satire:
a)
Repetition of vowel sounds
b)
Making fun of something in hopes of change
c)
Character makes a speech alone on stage
d)
Repetition of consonant sounds
3.
Define protagonist:
a)
the main character
b)
the author
c)
a professional tagonist
d)
the publisher
4.
Define antagonist
a)
a person who is against agonists
b)
the person or force who opposes the protagonist
c)
The author
d)
an insect
5.
Define foreshadowing.
a)
A flashback of what happened previously
b)
A hint at something that will happen later
c)
Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
d)
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
6.
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
a)
Theme
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Tone
d)
Mood
7.
Central idea of a work of literature. It is the 
main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
a)
theme
b)
mode
c)
character
d)
literary
8.
Is the time and place of the action of a literary work. It can include the mood or atmosphere that the author wants to portray.
a)
Setting
b)
Principal
c)
Plot
d)
Theme
9.
Sequence of events in a literary work, each connected.
a)
Plot
b)
Protagonist
c)
Antagonist
d)
Character
10.
An literary style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind.
a)
Setting
b)
Symbolism
c)
Irony
d)
Tone
11.
It is a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy. The full significance of a character's words or actions are obviously clearly to the audience and/or reader, but unknown to the character in the literary work.
a)
Irony
b)
mood
c)
Characer
d)
Theme
12.
A person in a in a novel, play, or movie.
a)
Character
b)
Protagonist
c)
Antagonist