Literature - Basic Vocabs

The basic vocabulary for literature! (for 6th graders or 5th graders)

Quiz by

Rate:

Last updated: September 4, 2024

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

8:00

Please provide your answer here.

/ 17 guessed

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Copied!

Scoring

You scored / = %

This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is

Your high score is

Your fastest time is

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

Description	Answer
a person, animal, or thing that takes part in the action of a literary work	Character
the time and place in which the events of the story take place	Setting
the series of related events that happen in a story	Plot
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory	Exposition
incident/s that reveals the character/s' problems or struggles	Rising Action
a high point of interest or suspense (the point of the story)	Climax
the problem/s are solved and the story ends	Resolution
the central idea, message, or purpose in a literary work	Theme
the narrator is a character in the story (refers to himself or herself and uses "I"	First Person

Description	Answer
narrator knows and tells about what all characters feel, think, and do	Third Person
all knowing	Omniscent
a struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a person (or mind)	Internal Conflict
a struggle between a character and an outside force (against character, animal or monster, etc.)	External Conflict
the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot	Foreshadowing
a feeling of anxious uncertainty about what will happen next	Suspense
anything that stands or represents something else	Symbol
a reference to something well known (person, place, event, movies, television, history or other)	Allusion