Literary Terms Units 1 and 2

Question 1

A struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

Question 2

The character struggles to make a decision, take an action, or overcome a feeling.

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Internal Conflict

Question 3

The central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work

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Theme

Question 4

When the narrator is in the story and can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings

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First Person

Question 5

The turning point; the highest action in the plot

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Climax

Question 6

The time and place of a literary work

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Setting

Question 7

When a character struggles against an outside force such as another person or a force of nature

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External Conflict

Question 8

The events after the climax that close the story and lead to the resolution

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Falling Action

Question 9

Usually begins the plot of a story or drama

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Exposition

Question 10

The character or force in conflict with the protagonist

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Antagonist

Question 11

When the narrator is outside of the story, but can only report what he/she sees or hears

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Third Person Objective

Question 12

The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one character.

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Third Person Omniscient

Question 13

The outcome of the conflict in a plot

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Resolution

Question 14

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work

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Mood

Question 15

The main character in a literary work

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Protagonist

Question 16

The sequence of events in a literary work

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Plot

Question 17

The writer's (author's) attitude toward his/her audience and subject

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Tone

Question 18

A series of events that builds from the conflict

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Rising Action

Question 19

The perspective from which a story is told

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Point-of-View

Question 20

When the narrator is outside of the story; sees into the mind of one of the characters

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Third Person Limited

Questions 20