Literary Terms Review

1. Using descriptive words that appeal to one of the five senses to describe the environment or an object when writing is known as

Choose an example of alliteration.

• The boat floated like a feather in the wind

• She sold seashells by the sea shore

• You are such a couch potato

Select all that are types of figurative language

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Tone

• Metaphor

Type an example of an ANTAGONIST

Select all words that are used in first person point-of-view.

• I

• We

• They

• Me

Select all that apply to the term HYPERBOLE

• an exaggerated statement

• a word or sound repeated

• A statement not meant to be taken literally

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• It's raining cats and dogs

• His face turned as red as a tomato

• The world is my oyster

• She has a heart of gold

Which of the following refers to plot in literature?

• The ending of a story

• A large piece of land

• The main events in a play, novel, or story

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects is

What is theme?

• The universal truth; the lesson

• The main idea in a piece of literature

• The attitude of the narrator toward a subject