WorksheetsAcademic Vocabulary Unit 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is an author's purposeful reference to something else in a literary work called?
Antagonist
Climax
Allusion
Exposition
Who is a person that actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something in a story?
Protagonist
Antagonist
Dynamic character
Flat character
What is the point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point?
Exposition
Resolution
Climax
Falling action
What term describes a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces?
Conflict
Mood
Theme
Tone
What is the additional meaning associated with a word, including emotions and ideas?
Denotation
Connotation
Exposition
Foreshadowing
What is the direct and specific meaning of a word called?
Connotation
Denotation
Theme
Tone
What is a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative called?
Static character
Flat character
Dynamic character
Round character
What is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, and characters?
Climax
Exposition
Resolution
Rising action
What is the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved?
Rising action
Falling action
Climax
Exposition
What is literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people?
Fiction
Non-fiction
Exposition
Narrative
What are moments identified by the author that relate to previous events called?
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Climax
Exposition
What are characters that are two-dimensional and relatively uncomplicated called?
Round characters
Flat characters
Dynamic characters
Static characters
What are clues by the author that allude to later events called?
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Exposition
Climax
What is the event that sets the central conflict in motion?
Climax
Resolution
Inciting incident
Falling action
What is the feeling evoked in the reader as a reaction to the narrative's atmosphere?
Tone
Mood
Theme
Conflict
What is a spoken or written account of connected events called?
Plot
Narrative
Exposition
Climax
What are the events that make up a storyline called?
Plot
Theme
Conflict
Resolution
What is the narrator's position in relation to the story being told?
Tone
Mood
Point-of-view
Theme
Who is the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text?
Antagonist
Protagonist
Dynamic character
Flat character
What is the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out?
Climax
Resolution
Exposition
Rising action
What is a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
Falling action
Rising action
Climax
Exposition
What is a realistic character that displays multiple character traits and is complex?
Flat character
Round character
Static character
Dynamic character
What is a character that does not change throughout the course of the narrative?
Dynamic character
Round character
Static character
Flat character
What is the main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly?
Theme
Tone
Mood
Plot
What is the author's attitude toward the subject/topic evoked through diction?
Mood
Tone
Theme
Conflict
