Literary Terms

The time and place of a story is called its ...

• plot
• setting
• tone
• fritata

A struggle or problem in the story for the protagonist is called ...

• a conflict
• a mood
• a characterization technique
• a xylophone

The main character in the story is called the ...

• dynamic character
• static character
• antagonist 
• protagonist

The character or force working against the main character is called the ... 

• protagonist
• antagonist
• plot
• conflict

When an author hints about something that will happen in a story, that is called ...

• tension
• suspense
• foreshadowing
• irony

What is this an example of:
"Her hair was like the threads of gold." —Scottish Ballad

• a simile
• a metaphor
• a pun
• an oxymoron

What is this an example of: "All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind." ~ Khalil Gibran ?

• a joke
• a simile
• a fable
• a metaphor

What is this an example of? 
Love knew my name, and then she spit in my face. 

• simile
• pun
• irony
• personification

When characters in a story speak, that is called ...

• metaphor
• plot
• conflict
• dialogue

After the story reaches its climax and the main problem or conflict is solved, that is called the

• denouement
• exposition
• irony
• elevated foreshadowing