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Keystone Elements of Fiction and Literary Terms Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The “turning point”

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

2.

Main Character - “hero”

a)

flat character

b)

protagonist

c)

antagonist

d)

static character

3.

Conflict outside the character

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

c)

inciting incident

d)

foreshadowing

4.

Time and place of the action of a story

a)

exposition

b)

setting

c)

point of view

d)

mood

5.

Author’s perspective

a)

tone

b)

point of view

c)

denouement

d)

mood

6.

The author’s attitude toward his subject

a)

tone

b)

point of view

c)

denouement

d)

mood

7.

The narrator is limited to only one character’s thoughts.

a)

First Person Limited Point of View

b)

Third Person Limited Point of View

c)

Third Person Omniscient Point of View

d)

Second Person Limited Point of View

8.

Struggle/problem between two forces

a)

mood

b)

antagonist

c)

tone

d)

conflict

9.

Narrator in story - uses “I” or “me”

a)

First Person Point of View

b)

Subjective Tone

c)

Speaker

d)

Omniscient Point of View

10.

Character who opposes main character

a)

protagonist

b)

static character

c)

dynamic character

d)

antagonist

11.

Narrator sees into the minds of all characters.

a)

First Person Point of View

b)

Second Person Point of View

c)

Third Person Limited Point of View

d)

Third Person Omniscient Point of View

12.

Character who stays the same

a)

flat

b)

round

c)

static

d)

dynamic

13.

Stereotypical character - no depth

a)

flat

b)

round

c)

static

d)

dynamic

14.

Narrator outside the story - uses “he”

a)

First Person Point of View

b)

Second Person Point of View

c)

Third Person Point of View

d)

Fourth Person Point of View

15.

Work of fiction that develops one idea

a)

Article

b)

Short Story

c)

Novel

d)

Epic Poem

16.

Sequence of events

a)

plot

b)

rising action

c)

flashback

d)

theme

17.

The idea about life that is revealed in a story

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

tone

d)

author's purpose

18.

Character’s reason for acting

a)

author's purpose

b)

mood

c)

inciting incident

d)

motivation

19.

In general, a contrast between appearance and reality

a)

forshadowing

b)

irony

c)

setting

d)

tone

20.

Atmosphere, feeling

a)

tone

b)

setting

c)

mood

d)

point of view

21.

Complex character with depth

a)

flat

b)

round

c)

static

d)

dynamic

22.

A character who changes

a)

flat

b)

round

c)

static

d)

dynamic

23.

Conflict inside a character

a)

flat

b)

internal

c)

dynamic

d)

external

24.

The introduction

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

e)

resolution

25.

Writing technique used by an author (long descriptive passages versus short, choppy sentences)

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

rhythm

d)

style

26.

Something that stands for or represents another thing

a)

allegory

b)

allusion

c)

symbol

d)

cymbal

27.

Tells what happened at an earlier time

a)

foreshadowing

b)

irony

c)

plot

d)

flashback

28.

Anxiety about what will happen next

a)

foreshadowing

b)

suspense

c)

neuroses

d)

flashback

29.

The event which first introduces the central conflict

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

theme

d)

inciting incident

30.

The conflict increases in intensity until it reaches the climax (part of rising action)

a)

development

b)

denouement

c)

suspense

d)

exposition

31.

Directly after the climax

a)

exposition

b)

falling action

c)

rising action

d)

resolution

32.

Occurs when the audience or the reader knows something a character does not know

a)

situational irony

b)

paradox

c)

dramatic irony

d)

onomatoepia

33.

An interruption in the action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time

a)

foreshadowing

b)

flashback

c)

suspense

d)

dramatic irony

34.

The end

a)

Resolution

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Exposition

35.

A contrast between what is said or written and what is meant

a)

situational irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

verbal irony

d)

sarcastic irony

36.

Occurs when what happens is very different from what is expected to happen

a)

situational irony

b)

verbal irony

c)

dramatic irony

d)

sarcastic irony

37.

Use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot

a)

flashback

b)

suspense

c)

foreshadowing

d)

dramatic irony