Literature Content Vocabulary List 1 Test

When authors use _____________, they reference another piece of literature, person, or event to provide the reader with an analogy.

• allegory

• character

• allusion

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

There are various types of ______________ within novels; characters struggle internally and externally.

• conflict

• dialogue

• exposition

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A reader's ________________ is determined by the words the author uses to describe the setting and events of a literary text.

• climax

• exposition

• irony

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a narrator explicitly describes a character's physical, emotional, or mental state, the author is using _____________.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A/An _______________ is comprised of elements that have symbolic meanings that represent real life issues.

• allusion

• indirect characterization

• climax

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Writers choose specific __________, or word choice, to help readers better understand characters and their backgrounds.

• literary

• diction

• verbal irony

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

__________________________ occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• mood

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The term ____________ refers to any text is comprised of writing or content related to literature.

• mood

• climax

• dialogue

• literary

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This occurs when readers make inferences about a character based on what others say about the character.

• allegory

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This term means the conversation between characters.

• allusion

• character

• dialogue

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3