Literary Terms Final Exam S1

Question 1

Dramatic Irony

Answer 1

Irony caused by something the audience knows and the character does not

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

A comparison of two unalike things using “like” or “as”

Question 3

Internal Conflict

Answer 3

A struggle within a character’s mind

Question 4

Soliloquy

Answer 4

A character speaking their thoughts aloud to themselves

Question 5

External Conflict

Answer 5

A conflict between a character and an external force

Question 6

Antagonist

Answer 6

Principal character in opposition to the protagonist

Question 7

Theme

Answer 7

A central, unifying idea or message that the story is trying to show

Question 8

Symbol

Answer 8

Anything that hints at something else

Question 9

Foils

Answer 9

A character that contrasts with another character

Question 10

Dynamic Character

Answer 10

Character that undergoes changes as the plot unfolds

Question 11

Climax

Answer 11

The most intense, exciting, or important point of the story

Question 12

Plot

Answer 12

The main events of the story

Question 13

Paradox

Answer 13

A statement that appears to contradict itself but on closer examination reveals the truth

Question 14

Prologue

Answer 14

Introduces and summarizes the play

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

A comparison of two unalike things without using “like” or “as”

Question 16

Point of View

Answer 16

Perspective

Question 17

Resolution

Answer 17

The end of the story when everything is resolved

Question 18

Foreshadowing

Answer 18

Hint on what will happen next

Question 19

Protagonist

Answer 19

Central character or hero in the story

Question 20

Setting

Answer 20

The time and place in which the story is told