Literary Terms Halfway mark Quiz

Figure of speech with contradictory terms in a brief phrase: ex. bittersweet

• Simile

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

A comparison using “like” or “as”

• Tone

• Dixtion

• Mood

• Simile

using sound, syllables, words, or phrases over and over

• Repetition

• Assonance

• Dialogue

• Diction

Metaphor

• interrupting the story to remember an earlier even

• a comparison without the words “like” or “as”

• a writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience

• A comparison using “like” or “as”

Allusion

• figure of speech with contradictory terms in a brief phrase

• a decision about what might happen next

• Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, idea, or person

• reference to a well-known place, person, or another work of literature, film, art etc.

a writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience

• Tone

• Narrative

• to give in

• Acquiesce

Imagery

• Language that appeals to the senses

• main character in a story

• Interrupting the story to remember an earlier event

• Author's word Choice

A character who does not change during the story

• Author's Purpose

• Bland Character

• Static Character

• First Person

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

• Allusion

• Predict

• Flashback

• Situational Irony

Main Character in the story

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Author's Purpose

• Personification