Literary Terms

Question 1

What are the components of Plot?

Answer 1

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Question 2

What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?

Answer 2

Direct characterization tells the audience about the character, while indirect characterization shows the character’s traits through actions, thoughts, and dialogue.

Question 3

What are the types of Narrators/Point of Views?

Answer 3

1st person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient

Question 4

What are the types of Conflict?

Answer 4

Internal (character vs. self) and External (character vs. character, character vs. nature)

Question 5

What is Setting?

Answer 5

The time and place in which a story occurs.

Question 6

What is Mood?

Answer 6

The emotional atmosphere of a piece of literature.

Question 7

What is Theme?

Answer 7

The central idea or message in a work of literature.

Question 8

What is Foreshadowing?

Answer 8

A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.

Question 9

What are the types of Irony?

Answer 9

Situational, verbal, dramatic

Question 10

Who is the author of The Hobbit?

Answer 10

J.R.R. Tolkien

Question 11

Who is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Answer 11

Harper Lee