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Narrative Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the chain of related events that takes place in a story

a)

plot

b)

character

c)

setting

d)

theme

2.

individuals, real or imaginary, who take part in the action of stories

a)

plot

b)

character

c)

setting

d)

theme

3.

the time and place in which events of a story occur

a)

plot

b)

character

c)

setting

d)

theme

4.

the central idea or message in a work of literature

a)

plot

b)

character

c)

setting

d)

theme

5.

the turning point of the action, when the reader's interest is at its highest point

a)

conflict

b)

exposition

c)

flashback

d)

climax

6.

provides needed background information

a)

conflict

b)

exposition

c)

flashback

d)

climax

7.

struggles between or within characters

a)

conflict

b)

exposition

c)

flashback

d)

climax

8.

an account of something that took place before the beginning of the story

a)

conflict

b)

exposition

c)

flashback

d)

climax

9.

the voice that tells a story

a)

narrator

b)

point of view

c)

third person

d)

first person

10.

the perspective from which a story is told

a)

narrator

b)

point of view

c)

first person

d)

third person

11.

conversation between characters

a)

characters

b)

dialogue

c)

interaction

d)

conclusion

12.

the end of a story

a)

resolution

b)

denouement

c)

conflict

d)

exposition

13.

Which narrative technique enables the audience to know more about the story than the character at certain times?

a)

catharsism

b)

consequence

c)

foreshadowing

d)

dramatic irony

14.

The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action

a)

foreshadowing

b)

flashback

c)

foil

d)

motif

15.

The atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work, the effect of the words on the audience

a)

mood

b)

motif

c)

characterization

d)

suspense

16.

The anticipation of the outcome of a plot or of the solution to an uncertainty, puzzle, or mystery, particularly as it affects a character for whom one has sympathy

a)

mood

b)

motif

c)

characterization

d)

suspense

17.
a writer’s vivid description that help readers visualize.
a)
irony
b)
imagery
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
18.

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.

19.

What is verbal irony?

a)

what is said is different than what is meant

b)

the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

c)

what happens is the opposite of what is expected

20.

Situational irony is when

a)

what is said is the opposite of what is meant

b)

the audience knows something the character doesn't

c)

what happens is the opposite of what is expected