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Literary Terms 01
What is the main character in a story or play known as?

Literary Terms 01

Literary terms include 'mood', 'theme', 'narrative', 'dramatic irony'. Like every other subject, English literature has its own vocabulary. Writing about a novel, play or poem requires you to understand these terms and be able to use them confidently.

See if you know the difference between a 'protagonist' and an 'antagonist' or 'irony' and 'satire' by trying this English quiz.

1 .
Choose the correct literary term.
A description of words or situations which can have more than one possible meaning.
Ambiguous
Paradoxical
Definitive
Simile
A word or situation is ambiguous when it has several possible meanings and it is unclear which meaning the author intends
2 .
Choose the correct literary term.
In a narrative or dramatic work, the events which occur and their relationship to one another.
Plot
Mood
Structure
Narration
A plot is the collection of all the events in a work of fiction, especially the way these events are related to one another. While plots must have structure, 'structure' alone is not the same as the plot
3 .
Choose the correct literary term.
The main character in a story or play.
Antagonist
Protagonist
Peripheral character
Sidekick
An antagonist would be an adversary of the main character
4 .
Choose the correct literary term.
The personal angle or perspective from which a story is told.
Distance
Omniscience
Point of view
Autobiographical
5 .
Choose the correct literary term.
The 'person' who tells the story to the audience in a work of fiction.
Antagonist
Protagonist
Author
Narrator
Be careful - the author and the narrator are not the same, although sometimes the narrator resembles the author. All stories have a narrator
6 .
Choose the correct literary term.
An individual represented dramatically or in narrative.
Idiom
Figure
Author
Character
7 .
Choose the correct literary term.
Saying one thing, while meaning something else.
Satire
Irony
Tragedy
Comedy
'Dramatic irony' is when the reader knows something that the characters don't know
8 .
Choose the correct literary term.
A conversation between characters in a narrative or dramatic work.
Dialogue
Monologue
Narration
Argument
9 .
Choose the correct literary term.
The central idea of a work of literature.
Subject
Mood
Theme
Event
10 .
Choose the correct literary term.
The sensory perceptions created by a word or phrase.
Poetry
Description
Imagery
Ballad
Author:  Sheri Smith

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