Study for Literary Terms Final

1. What is it called when the story continues, conflict unfolds, and suspense thickens?

• rising action
• fiction
• mood
• resolution

2. What is it called when the story is at its turning point, and the action reaches a peak?

• tone
• climax
• conflict
• denotation

3. What is the writer's attitude towards his or her subject?

• mood
• motives
• tone
• theme

4. What occurs at the end of the story when loose ends are tied up and the story ends?

• point of view
• symbol
• motives
• resolution

5. What is the main character of the story called?

• synonym
• protagonist
• antagonist
• alliteration

6. What is the working force against the main character called?

• antagonist
• irony
• conflict
• hyperbole

7. What are stories that come from a writer’s imagination; made up called?

• plot
• dialect
• motives
• fiction

8. What do we call the meaning, moral, or main message the writer wishes to share with the reader?

• theme
• traits
• flashback
• foreshadow

9. What is the sequence of events in a story called?

• personification
• plot
• protagonist
• point of view

10. What is the problem or struggle between opposing forces called?

• simile
• symbolism
• conflict
• connotation