Semester 1 English Exam

Front

What is the character that the reader is supposed to sympathize with?

Back

Protagonist

Front

What is the term for the time and place in which events of a literary work take place?

Back

Setting

Front

What is a comparison using like or as called?

Back

Simile

Front

What is a type or category of short story, novel, or play that people recognize by their familiar narrative conventions?

Back

Genre

Front

What is the story of a writer's life written by someone else called?

Back

Biography

Front

What is the term for the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work?

Back

Theme

Front

What is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis?

Back

Hyperbole

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Metaphor

Front

What is the term for giving human traits to non-human things?

Back

Personification

Front

What is the sequence of events in a story called?

Back

Plot