Module 2: Elements Of Literature Quiz
This is a quiz to test your knowledge level of story elements: character, setting, plot, conflict, theme, mood, symbolism, author's purpose, style, figures of speech
- 1.The time and location in which a story takes place
- A.
Plot
- B.
Setting
- C.
Conflict
- D.
Characterization
- 2.The underlying meaning or main idea of a story is called the ______________.
- A.
Theme
- B.
Mood
- C.
Plot
- D.
Setting
- 3.The angle from which the story is told.
- A.
Camera view
- B.
Character view
- C.
Point of view
- D.
None of the above
- 4.The central, main character of a story is called the ____________.
- A.
Antagonist
- B.
Protagonist
- C.
Antagonizer
- D.
Instigator
- 5.The opposition of forces, essential to the plot is called__________?
- A.
Setting
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Character
- D.
Climax
- 6.The most exciting part of the story is called the _________.
- A.
Setting
- B.
Exposition
- C.
Climax
- D.
Rising action
- 7.What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?
- A.
Setting
- B.
Plot
- C.
Character
- D.
Conflict
- E.
Narrator
- 8.What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?
- A.
Setting
- B.
Plot
- C.
Character
- D.
Conflict
- E.
Narrator
- 9.The character who opposes the main character is called the __________.
- A.
Protagonist
- B.
Antagonist
- C.
Dynamic character
- D.
Static character
- 10.What type of character does not change?
- A.
Dynamic
- B.
Round
- C.
Flat
- D.
Static
- 11.What do we call all events leading up to the climax?
- A.
Exposition
- B.
Resolution
- C.
Falling action
- D.
Rising action
- E.
Climax
- 12.What do we call All events after the climax and leading to the resolution?
- A.
Exposition
- B.
Resolution
- C.
Falling action
- D.
Rising action
- E.
Climax
- 13.What do we call the end of the central conflict?
- A.
Falling action
- B.
Resolution
- C.
Climax
- D.
Rising action
- 14.What is the term for when something stands for itself, but also stands for something else?
- A.
Symbolism
- B.
Abstract
- C.
Mood
- D.
Theme
- 15.What term means category or kind of story?
- A.
Fiction
- B.
Non-Fiction
- C.
Genre
- D.
Literature
- 16.All categories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.What is the genre name that uses characters, settings, and plots, that aren't real but could resemble the truth?
- A.
Non-Fiction
- B.
Fantasy
- C.
Fiction
- D.
Historical Fiction
- 18.What is the genre name for fiction set in the past?
- A.
Realistic Fiction
- B.
Historical Fiction
- C.
Science Fiction
- D.
Fantasy
- 19.What is the genre name that encompasses facts that can be proven and checked and is true?
- A.
Historical Fiction
- B.
Realistic Fiction
- C.
Non-Fiction
- D.
Fable
- 20.What genre is set in the present?
- A.
Science Fiction
- B.
Realistic Fiction
- C.
Historical Fiction
- D.
Fantasy
- 21.What is the name of fiction that incorporates science or technology, or both?
- A.
Realistic Fiction
- B.
Fantasy
- C.
Science Fiction
- D.
Folktale
- 22.What genre of fiction is written about strange and unusual characters revolving around the setting , characters, and plot?
- A.
Fantasy
- B.
Non-Fiction
- C.
Historical Fiction
- D.
Realistic Fiction
- 23.A genre that tells about real events, characters, maps, diagrams, and people is called
- A.
Fable and Folk tales
- B.
Informational
- C.
Historical Fiction
- D.
Realistic Fiction
- 24.List at least three reasons an author chooses to write:
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