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The _____ is the most exciting point in the story.
a) exposition
b) rising action
c) climax
d) falling action
The time and place of the action in a literary work is called the _____.
a) setting
b) mood
c) plot
d) tone
_____ is a struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem in the story.
a) antagonist
b) conflict
c) protagonist
d) denouement
The _____ is any events that occur after the resolution in a story.
a) falling action
b) climax
c) denouement
d) theme
_____ is the use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story.
a) foreshadowing
b) flashback
c) initial incident
d) exposition
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject is called the _____.
a) theme
b) plot
c) mood
d) tone
_____ is the feeling created in the reader by the literary work.
a) theme
b) plot
c) mood
d) tone
The _____ is the central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about human beings or about life.
a) plot
b) theme
c) mood
d) symbol
A/an _____ is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
a) allusion
b) simile
c) antagonist
d) conflict
Anything that stands for or represents something else is called a/an _____.
a) tone
b) onomatopoeia
c) allusion
d) symbol
The _____ is the main character in a literary work.
a) protagonist
b) antagonist
c) foreshadowing
d) first person
The _____ is the character or force in conflict with the main character in a literary work.
a) protagonist
b) antagonist
c) foreshadowing
d) first person
The _____ point of view is when a character tells the story, and the reader only knows what this character feels and sees.
a) first person
b) second person
c) third person limited
d) third person omnisicent
The _____ point of view is when a voice outside of the work tells he story, and the reader can tell what any character thinks or feels.
a) first person
b) second person
c) third person limited
d) third person omniscient
The _____ is the sequence of events, or what happens, in a story.
a) flashback
b) foreshadowing
c) denouement
d) plot
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