Literary Terms Review Quiz

Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.

• irony
• flashback
• foreshadowing
• theme

writing that uses like or as to compare two unlike things

• simile
• personification
• compare/contrast
• alliteration

the perspective from which the story is told. Could be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

• climax
• point of view
• description
• opinion

writing that compares to unlike things but does not use like or as

• metaphor
• alliteration
• resolution
• character development

writing in which an inanimate object or an abstract idea is given human characteristics

• personification
• metaphor
• setting
• theme

can be verbal, situational, or dramatic and has the result of the meaning, situation or action being one thing but meaning something different.

• satire
• metaphor
• parody
• irony

The character that opposes the main character is called the __.

• protagonist
• antagonist
• character foil
• symbolism

The central or main idea

• mood
• theme
• point of view
• flashback

The word NARRATIVE means "story".

• True 
• False

_{A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.}

• Plot

• Summary

• Central Idea

• Theme