Literary Terms Test

A historical, geographical, literary, religious reference in a story

Synonym for basic situation, gets the story going, usually at the beginning, characters and setting are introduced

Repeated events in a story

The situation turns out to be just the opposite of what we'd expect

The use of hints of clues to suggest what will happen later.

A way of speaking that is characteristic to a particular place or group of people

The character that opposes the protagonist

A character that changes

The events in a story

When the characters say one thing but means something else