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Academic Vocabulary Unit 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an author's purposeful reference to something else in a literary work called?

a)

Antagonist

b)

Climax

c)

Allusion

d)

Exposition

2.

Who is a person that actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something in a story?

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

Dynamic character

d)

Flat character

3.

What is the point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point?

a)

Exposition

b)

Resolution

c)

Climax

d)

Falling action

4.

What term describes a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces?

a)

Conflict

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

Tone

5.

What is the additional meaning associated with a word, including emotions and ideas?

a)

Denotation

b)

Connotation

c)

Exposition

d)

Foreshadowing

6.

What is the direct and specific meaning of a word called?

a)

Connotation

b)

Denotation

c)

Theme

d)

Tone

7.

What is a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative called?

a)

Static character

b)

Flat character

c)

Dynamic character

d)

Round character

8.

What is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, and characters?

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Rising action

9.

What is the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved?

a)

Rising action

b)

Falling action

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

10.

What is literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people?

a)

Fiction

b)

Non-fiction

c)

Exposition

d)

Narrative

11.

What are moments identified by the author that relate to previous events called?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Flashback

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

12.

What are characters that are two-dimensional and relatively uncomplicated called?

a)

Round characters

b)

Flat characters

c)

Dynamic characters

d)

Static characters

13.

What are clues by the author that allude to later events called?

a)

Flashback

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

14.

What is the event that sets the central conflict in motion?

a)

Climax

b)

Resolution

c)

Inciting incident

d)

Falling action

15.

What is the feeling evoked in the reader as a reaction to the narrative's atmosphere?

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

Conflict

16.

What is a spoken or written account of connected events called?

a)

Plot

b)

Narrative

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

17.

What are the events that make up a storyline called?

a)

Plot

b)

Theme

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution

18.

What is the narrator's position in relation to the story being told?

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Point-of-view

d)

Theme

19.

Who is the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text?

a)

Antagonist

b)

Protagonist

c)

Dynamic character

d)

Flat character

20.

What is the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out?

a)

Climax

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Rising action

21.

What is a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

a)

Falling action

b)

Rising action

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

22.

What is a realistic character that displays multiple character traits and is complex?

a)

Flat character

b)

Round character

c)

Static character

d)

Dynamic character

23.

What is a character that does not change throughout the course of the narrative?

a)

Dynamic character

b)

Round character

c)

Static character

d)

Flat character

24.

What is the main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly?

a)

Theme

b)

Tone

c)

Mood

d)

Plot

25.

What is the author's attitude toward the subject/topic evoked through diction?

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Theme

d)

Conflict