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Lit Terms Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a "protagonist"?

a)

A character who helps the main character succeed

b)

A character who opposes the main character

c)

The main character in a literary work

d)

A secondary character that does not matter much

2.

If a character shows many different traits, it is described as:

a)

Static

b)

Flat

c)

Dynamic

d)

Round

3.

How would you describe a dynamic character?

a)

A character that changes and grows throughout the course of a story

b)

The main character of a piece of literature

c)

A character with many friends and personal connections

d)

The character with the most dialogue

4.

A character or force in conflict with the main character is

a)

Allegory

b)

Antagonist

c)

Anticlimax

d)

Antithesis

5.

A flat character...

a)

Shows very few character traits

b)

Is not important to the plot overall

c)

Works in opposition to the main character

d)

Does not have any dialogue in a story

6.

A character that does not grow or change throughout a story is describes as

a)

round

b)

flat

c)

static

d)

dynamic

7.

What is the first point of a plot diagram?

a)

Exposition or Inciting Incident

b)

Narration

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution

8.

What is the second point of the plot diagram?

a)

Inciting incident

b)

Conflict

c)

Rising action

d)

Tone

9.

What is the highest point of the plot diagram?

a)

Resolution

b)

Antagonist

c)

Rising action

d)

Climax

10.

When the audience is aware of something that the character(s) are not aware of, it is referred to as

a)

Dramatic irony

b)

Suspense

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Conflict

11.

A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work is

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

Symbolism

12.

A writer's word choice is referred to as

a)

Alliteration

b)

Diction

c)

Prose

d)

Verbal irony

13.

Shakespeare is known for writing this kind of poem

a)

Limerick

b)

Haiku

c)

Quatrain

d)

Sonnet

14.

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, claim that one thing is the other

a)

Irony

b)

Allusion

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

15.

What is Shakespeare's middle name?

a)

Arthur

b)

Micalus

c)

He does not have one

d)

Bartholomew