Elements of a Novel Practice Test

The way a writer reveals the personality of a character is through...

The antagonist is the...

What is the use of an object, person, or place to represent an idea of greater meaning?

The protagonist is...

This term is the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters and audience:

Switchblade is to knife as bawl as to cry is an example of a (an)...

This term means a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story...

Which word is defined as a fictional story, usually longer than one hundred pages?

Name the type of figurative language of the following example: She bought the mall out.

The frozen parking lot was an ice rink is an example of a...

This is the extra meaning a word carries beyond its dictionary definition.

What is the term meaning the overall feeling the reader gets when reading a text?

This term refers to clues/hints used to build suspense and suggest coming events in the plot.

This literary term focuses on the vantage point from which a story is told (1st person, etc).

This is a reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature.

What is the term meaning the life lesson or truth about life revealed in the text?

Her face was as round as a pumpkin is an example of a...

What is the term meaning the struggle between two opposing forces (internal or external)?

This term is defined as the time and place of a story, play or narrative:

This literary term is defined as a series of related events that make up a story.

This term means the interruption in the present action of the plot to show earlier events...