Literary Comprehension

Question 1

The time and place of a story

Answer 1

Setting

Question 2

A person in the story

Answer 2

Character

Question 3

The main character in a story

Answer 3

Protagonist

Question 4

Character who opposes the protagonist

Answer 4

Antagonist

Question 5

A character that doesn’t change from the beginning of the story to the end

Answer 5

Static Character

Question 6

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story’s action

Answer 6

Dynamic Character

Question 7

A character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a story

Answer 7

Round Character

Question 8

A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story

Answer 8

Flat Character

Question 9

The perspective from which the reader is reading the story

Answer 9

Point of View

Question 10

The narrator is a character in the story. (I and Me)

Answer 10

1st Person POV

Question 11

Narrator uses he, she, or it to convey the thoughts and feelings of one character only

Answer 11

3rd Person limited POV

Question 12

A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

Answer 12

3rd Person omniscient POV

Question 13

A struggle between opposing forces

Answer 13

Conflict

Question 14

A struggle between a character and an outside force

Answer 14

External Conflict

Question 15

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

Answer 15

Internal Conflict

Question 16

The sequence of events in a story

Answer 16

Plot

Question 17

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background info

Answer 17

Exposition

Question 18

Events leading up to the climax

Answer 18

Rising Action

Question 19

The turning point of the story

Answer 19

Climax

Question 20

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

Answer 20

Falling Action

Question 21

End of the story where all loose ends are tied up

Answer 21

Resolution

Question 22

A narrative device that hints at upcoming events, often builds tension, suspense, or anxiety

Answer 22

Foreshadowing

Question 23

A device in literature where an object represents an idea

Answer 23

Symbolism

Question 24

A story that conveys a lesson

Answer 24

Allegory

Question 25

The characters choices are determined by others

Answer 25

Determinism

Question 26

The character makes their own choices

Answer 26

Free-will

Question 27

A method the writer uses to reveal the values, ideas, goals, or feelings to the reader

Answer 27

Characterization

Question 28

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Answer 28

Hyperbole

Question 29

When the characters or a character in the story does something that we did not expect them do to

Answer 29

Irony

Question 30

A sudden realization

Answer 30

Epiphany

Question 31

The main character in Raymonds Run

Answer 31

Hazel

Question 32

The main character in Sea Devil

Answer 32

A man (name not known)

Question 33

The main character in A Retrieved Reformation

Answer 33

Jimmy Valentine

Question 34

The main character in a Tell-Tale Heart

Answer 34

A Butler to an old man (name not known)

Question 35

The main character in The Lady or The Tiger

Answer 35

The Kings Daughter (name not known)

Question 36

The main character in Lamb to the Slaughter

Answer 36

Mary Maloney

Question 37

Author of Raymonds Run

Answer 37

Toni Cade Bambara

Question 38

Author of Sea Devil

Answer 38

Arthur Gordon

Question 39

Author of A Retrieved Reformation

Answer 39

O’Henry/William Sydney Porter

Question 40

Author of Tell-Tale Heart

Answer 40

Edgar Allen Poe

Question 41

Author of Lady or The Tiger

Answer 41

Frank Stockton

Question 42

Author of Lamb to the Slaughter

Answer 42

Ronald Dahl