Plot Quiz

In a dramatic or narrative work is constituted by its events and actions.

The chief character in a plot, on whom our interest centers.

An important character the protagonist is pitted against.

A label given to an antagonist if he or she is evil, or capable of cruel and criminal actions.

A character in literature or drama who, by sharp contrast, serves to stress and highlight the distinctive temperament of the protagonist.

A scheme a character initiates which depends for its success on the ignorance or gullibility of the person or persons against whom it is directed.

A lack of certainty on the part of a concerned reader about what is going to happen, especially to characters with whom the reader has established a bond.

If what happens during a story violates the expectations we have formed.

An artistic whole. A complete and ordered structure of actions with few or no subplots.

A story with a subplot, or second story that is complete and interesting in its own right.

Background information presented in a literary work.

A memory, reverie, or confession by one of the characters which represent events that happened before the time at which the work opened.

A series of events that follows the exposition and builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

The most intense, exciting, or important point of a story; a culmination or apex.

The reversal or turning point of the fortunes of the protagonist.