Literary Elements in Fiction

What kind of narrator can only tell for certain what one person is thinking or feeling?

• Third-person

• First-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

What would we call a character who is multi-dimensional like a real human.

• round

• dynamic

• protagonist

• first-person narrator

What is the second section of the typical plot in which the main character begins to grapple with the story’s main conflict?

• climax

• exposition

• rising action

• denouement

What's the point of view of narrators who are not involved with or as characters in the story?

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

• First person

Which literary term describes the feeling that a reader gets from the elements of the story?

• mood

• theme

• tone

• plot

What would we call a character who has only one defining trait

• minor character

• antagonist

• static

• flat

This literary term is similar to mood, but it's used to describe the author's attitude rather than the reader's emotions.

• foreshadowing

• exposition

• tone

• atmosphere

What is the device that uses a tangible thing to stand for an idea?

• theme

• tone

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

_______________ is when a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Plot

The _________ of a piece of literature is the life lesson or underlying meaning.

• setting

• mood

• tone

• theme