Literary Elements Pretest
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- Q1The high point in the action of a literary workrising actionclimaxexpositionconclusion30s
- Q2The person or force that works against the hero or main character of the literary workdynamic characterantagonistprotagonistconflict30s
- Q3One of the people or animals in a literary workmetaphorcharacterthemeconflict30s
- Q4A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a literary workthemeconflictantagonistsetting30s
- Q5A problem between characterscharacter vs. selfinternal conflictcharacter vs. charactercharacter vs. society30s
- Q6The only internal conflictcharacter vs. selfcharacter vs. naturecharacter vs. charactercharacter vs. technology30s
- Q7The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is describedfalling actionclimaxrising actionexposition30s
- Q8The action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story's endresolutionrising actionconflictfalling action30s
- Q9The action that makes up the storythemerising actionplotsetting30s
- Q10The planned action or series of events in a story. There are five parts; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolutionthemesimileplot sequencedenouement30s
- Q11The main character in a story, often a good or heroic typestatic characterprotagonistflat characterantagonist30s
- Q12The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying endrising actionfalling actionsclimaxresolution30s
- Q13The part of the story during which various problems arise after a conflict is introducedexpositionrising actionclimaxfalling action30s
- Q14The place and the time frame in which a story takes placesettingconflictthemeplot30s
- Q15A device used to highlight, explain, or analyze characters in literaturecharacterizationactionantagonistdynamics30s