Literary Terms Pre-Test

The feelings that a writer creates for the reader is known as

• Tone

• Mood

• Denotation

• Connotation

Genre is

• the ideas and feelings associated with the words

• the time and place of the action in a story, or play

• a category in which a work of literature is classified.

• a message about life or human nature that the writer’s share with the readers

A(n)______________________ is a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain affects is known as

• drama

• poetry

• novel

• diary

The ideas and feelings associated with the words is called a(n)

• denotation

• connotation

• irony

• imagery

The way a writer creates and develops character is known as

• characterization

• imagery

• analogy

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_________________ is a message about life or human nature that the writer’s share with the readers.

• Genre

• Poem

• Theme

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When a writer shares his or her personal experience and observations of significant events or people is called a(n)

• protagonist

• memoir

• unreliable narrator

• antagonist

A(n) _________________ is one who tells a story or interprets events in a way that makes readers doubt what he or she is saying.

• memior

• unreliable narrator

• poet

• narrator

When a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story is known as

• flashback

• irony

• foreshadowing

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5