Literary Terms Quiz

Poetry that does not have a rhyme or pattern

• Consonance

• Free verse

• Chorus

The beginning of the plot

• Frame story

• Climax

• Exposition

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Free Verse

The atmosphere or feeling created in the reader

• Mood

• Tone

• Conflict

A story within a story

• Flashback

• Allusion

• Frame Story

Speech or writing that expresses a position on a particular topic

• Argument

• Claim

• Author's Purpose

Humorous scene or incidents included in serious works

• Climax

• Foil

• Comic Relief

Character in conflict with the protagonist

• Antagonist

• Foil

• Static Character

One side of an issue; opinionated

• Evidence

• Claim

• Bias

When the reader expects one thing to happen but the opposite occurs

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony