Literary Terms

Question 1

What is it called when the conflict is solved?

Accepted Answer

resolution

Question 2

What is a problem for the main character called?

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conflict

Question 3

What is it when an author gives clues about what happens later in the story?

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foreshadowing

Question 4

What is the atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called?

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mood

Question 5

What is the main message of the story called?

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theme

Question 6

What is the historical time and geographic location that a story takes place?

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setting

Question 7

What is the attitude an author takes called?

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tone

Question 8

What is narration by a character in the story called?

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first-person point of view

Question 9

What is the beginning of the story called?

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exposition

Question 10

What is a narrator outside the story called?

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third-person point of view

Question 11

What do we call a problem that a character has within himself?

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an internal conflict

Question 12

What is the problem called when a character faces an outside force?

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external conflict

Question 13

What do we call an event contrary to what we expect?

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irony

Question 14

What is the main character called?

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protagonist

Question 15

What are the people,animals, or imaginary creatures in a story called?

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characters

Question 16

What is the way an author brings characters to life?

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characterization

Question 17

What is the action of the story called?

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plot

Question 18

What is the angle from which a story is told?

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point of view

Question 19

What do we call the character or force that opposes the main character?

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antagonist

Question 20

What do we call the “telling of a story”?

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narration

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