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Literary and Narrative Terms

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Every story must have a CONFLICT.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The PROTAGONIST is always the good person in a story.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
CONFLICT is important because...
a)
It helps the main character develop and grow.
b)
It makes the story interesting.
c)
Both
4.
What type of conflict is represented in the picture?
a)
person vs person
b)
person vs self
c)
person vs society
d)
person vs nature
5.

What type of conflict is represented in the picture?

a)

person vs person

b)

person vs self

c)

person vs technology

d)

person vs supernatural

6.
The use of FLASHBACKS in a narrative may help readers to better understand a character.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What type of conflict is represented in the picture?
a)
person vs person
b)
person vs self
c)
person vs nature
d)
person vs society
8.
The picture illustrates what POINT OF VIEW?
a)
1st person narrator
b)
3rd person narrator
9.
If a story is told in 3rd person, it means the narrator is...
a)
a character in the story
b)
an outside observer
10.
In what part of the plot diagram are the characters and setting introduced?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
11.
What type of conflict is represented in the picture?
a)
person vs supernatural
b)
person vs self
c)
person vs person
d)
person vs nature
12.
Literary terms can be applied to books, movies and even song lyrics.
a)
True
b)
False
13.

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

a)

setting

b)

theme

c)

plot

d)

mood

14.

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Personalization

d)

Flashback

15.
A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.
a)
Plot
b)
Summary
c)
Central Idea
d)
Theme
16.
An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected; the emotions of a scene; how it makes the reader feel.
a)
tone
b)
monotone
c)
mood
d)
foreshadowing
17.
Creates a surprise ending that defies the audience's exception. (We expect one thing, but we get another).
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
ironing board
18.
Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Flat iron
19.

Where the audience knows more than the characters.

a)

verbal irony

b)

situational irony

c)

dramatic irony

d)

"Iron't" I funny?

20.
Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.
a)
irony
b)
flashback
c)
foreshadowing
d)
theme
21.
the perspective from which the story is told. Could be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
a)
climax
b)
point of view
c)
description
d)
opinion
22.
can be verbal, situational, or dramatic and has the result of the meaning, situation or action being one thing but meaning something different.
a)
satire
b)
metaphor
c)
parody
d)
irony
23.
how the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon the types of words chosen.
a)
tone
b)
symbol
c)
theme
d)
satire
24.
an intentional reference to another literary work or piece of art that the reader should understand in order to make connections.
a)
climax
b)
allusion
c)
subplot
d)
hyperbole
25.
a writer’s vivid description that help readers visualize.
a)
irony
b)
imagery
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
26.
A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true.
a)
Monologue
b)
Paradox
c)
Foil
d)
Dialogue
27.

What is imagery?

a)

The way the text makes the reader feel.

b)

The writer's attitude towards a subject.

c)

Hints the writer gives about what may happen.

d)

Language that appeals to the five senses.

28.

The writer's use of clues that suggest what will happen later in a story.

a)

Flashback

b)

Mystery

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

dramatic irony

29.
An idea repeated throughout a text
a)
Motif
b)
Personification
c)
Tone
d)
Flashback
30.
Something used for or regarded as representing something else
a)
Motif
b)
Imagery
c)
Symbol
d)
Mood
31.

Literary and narrative devices are used to create structure and meaning within a story.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The one element of the plot structure that isn't always present is:

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

33.

An insight about life that is revealed in a literary work.

a)

Motif

b)

Paradox

c)

Theme

d)

Topic

34.

Use of or choice of words

a)

Figurative language

b)

Plot

c)

Perspective

d)

Diction

35.
the moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
description

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