Literary Terms Quiz

Giving human like qualities to an inanimate object or animal

• Characterization

• Personification

• Allegory

• Metaphor

telling a character trait through narration or what another character says about a character

• Indirect characterizations

• Direct characterization

• Characterization

• Personification

showing a character trait through actions or appearance:

• Direct characterization

• Indirect characterization

• Characterization

• Alliteration

a comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Epic Simile

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Simile

giving clues about what is still to come within a story

• Flashback

• Foreshadow

• Allusion

• Alliteration

a problem a character struggles with inside his or herself

• External conflict

• Conflict

• Internal conflict

• Climax

a problem a character struggles with outside of his or herself

• Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Chacaterization

• External Conflict

Vivid visual language that create a picture in a reader’s mind

• Allusion

• Rising action

• Imagery

• Personification

an elaborate comparison that goes on for several lines

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Epic Simile

• Allegory

a larger-than-life character who often has much more ability than the average person

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Epic Hero

• Main Character