Suspense & Literary Terms Quiz

What is the term for the author's attitude toward the subject or audience?

• Setting

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which literary device hints at events to come in a narrative?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Exposition

What is the term for the emotional atmosphere of a literary work?

• Tone

• Mood

• Atmosphere

• Conflict

What is the narrative technique that interrupts the chronological flow of a story?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Climax

• Denouement

What is the term for descriptive language that appeals to the senses?

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Irony

• Pacing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the event that sets the main conflict of the story in motion?

• Denouement

• Climax

• Exposition

• Inciting Incident

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the final resolution of a narrative's plot called?

• Climax

• Denouement

• Exposition

• Conflict

What is the struggle between opposing forces in a story called?

• Mood

• Theme

• Conflict

• Tone

What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?

• Theme

• Mood

• Setting

• Tone

What is the term for a narrator whose credibility is compromised?

• Unreliable Narrator

• Antagonist

• Dramatic Irony

• Protagonist