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Literary Terms Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character?

a)

exposition

b)

characterization

c)

irony

2.

Who is the hero or central character of literary work?

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

Villain

3.

What is the second section of a typical plot in which the main character begins to struggle with the story's main conflict?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

4.

What is an internal conflict?

a)

Man vs Man

b)

Man vs Society

c)

Man vs Self

5.

What type of character undergoes a change from the beginning of the story to the end?

a)

Static

b)

Dynamic

c)

Round

6.

What is the point of view of narrators who are not involved with or as characters in the story?

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

7.

What is a character that does not change throughout the story called?

a)

Static

b)

Dynamic

c)

Flat

8.

Which term describes the feeling that a reader gets from the elements of a story?

a)

Plot

b)

Theme

c)

Mood

9.

The author's attitude in a literary work

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Plot

10.

What is the devices that uses a tangible object to stand for an idea?

a)

Theme

b)

Symbolism

c)

Irony

11.

What is the message or lesson of a story?

a)

Theme

b)

Conflict

c)

Genre

12.

The part of plot where there conflict is resolved

a)

Rising Action

b)

Climax

c)

Falling Action

13.

Clues that help the reader predict what will happen in the story before it actually happens

a)

Red Herring

b)

Theme

c)

Foreshadowing