1. 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 _____________________________.
