Literary Terms Review Unit 1

What is the series of events in a narrative called?

• Climax

• Plot

• Exposition

• Resolution

What type of conflict is a struggle within a character’s mind?

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Which term describes a clash between a character and an outside force?

• Internal Conflict

• Exposition

• External Conflict

• Climax

What introduces setting and characters in a narrative?

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

• Rising Action

Which term presents complications that intensify the conflict?

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Which term eases the suspense and reveals the outcome of the story’s climax?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Climax

What reveals the final outcome and ties up loose ends in a narrative?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

What is the term for events that follow a linear structure?

• Flashback

• Chronological Order

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

What is an account of an event that happened before the beginning of the story?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Climax

• Exposition

What is the use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later?

• Irony

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Rising Action