Senior 4 Virtual Period

Literary Terms Review Worksheet Name __________________

Carefully read each of the definitions provided and fill in the name of the Literary

Term which BEST fits the definition. Be careful of spelling and organization/ order,

as points will be deducted for errors.

1. Having an object, person or idea stand for or represent something else is called

__________________________________.

2. The place and time of a story’s action is called its ________________________.

3. The struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is called ______________

(NOTE: all stories must have this element in order to move forward!).

4. ___________________ (Not “narrator”) determines through whose eyes the story is

told from. These three types are referred to as ____________________________,

_____________________________, and ________________________________.

5. The two types of conflict in a story or play are _________________________ OR

_______________________________ (NOTE: both types can be in the same story).

6. A series of related events within the same story is known as its _________________.

7. A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens in a story is called

_______________________________________.

8. ___________________________ is the main idea, moral or “insight into life” which

the author wants you to pull from the story.

9. ________________________ is the method an author uses to develop the

personalities of his characters.

10. The five elements of plot/ storyline (in the exact order): ____________________,

________________________, __________________, _____________________,

_______________________.

11. ________________________ starts a story in the present and then moves backward

in time to retell the plot.

12. Hints about what is going to happen next use the techniques of _________________.

13. A static/ flat (or 1 D) character is one who __________________________________.

14. A round/ dynamic (or 3 D) character is one who _____________________________.