30 Literary Terms Test

The dictionary definition of a word

• Connotation

• plot

• point of view

• denotation

The feelings or emotions of a word

• Denotation

• Point of view

• Plot

• Connotation

The perspective of who is telling the story

• plot

• author's purpose

• point of view

• foreshadowing

say or estimate that a specific thing will occur

• predict

• elaborate

• mood

• tone

Give a brief statement of the main points of something

• mood

• tone

• summarize

• elaborate

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details

• literal language

• predict

• elaborate

• tone

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a persons thoughts, or an exhibition

• theme

• elaborate

• connotation

• mood

To inform the reader about the natural or social world

• denotation

• informational text

• figurative language

• mood

Uses words exactly according to their conventionally accepted meanings or denotation

• literal language

• informational text

• connotation

• theme

Uses words in a way that deviates from their conventionally accepted definitions in order to convey a more complicated meaning or heightened effect

• hyperbole

• denotation

• informational text

• figurative language