Literary Devices

Which literary device involves the time and place in which a story occurs?

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Theme

Which literary device refers to the sequence of events in a story?

• Plot

• Conflict

• Dialogue

• Mood

Which literary device involves the people or beings who take part in the action of a story?

• Setting

• Character

• Theme

• Allusion

Which literary device refers to the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

• Point of View

• Conflict

• Flashback

• Sensory Details

Which literary device refers to the central idea or message in a story?

• Mood

• Theme

• Setting

• Figurative Language

Which literary device involves the atmosphere or feeling created in the reader by a literary work?

• Mood

• Dialogue

• Plot

• Allusion

What is the basic sequence of events in a story called?

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

Which of the following is NOT one of the five parts of a conventional plot?

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Conflict

What is the final part of a conventional plot called?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

What is the term for the setting (time, place, season), introduction of characters, and setting the scene in a plot?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution