Literary Terms Diagnostic

The ___________ is the turning point of the story. It is also sometimes described as the most exciting point.

• alliteration

• plot

• theme

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The time and place of the action in a literary work is called the __________________.

• denouement

• setting

• mood

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

__________ is the struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem in the story.

• conflict

• symbol

• protagonist

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.K.3

The ________ is any events that occur after the resolution.

• metaphor

• resolution

• theme

• denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

________ is the use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story.

• foreshadowing

• antagonist

• mood

• first person

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject is called the __________.

• tone

• mood

• symbol

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

__________ is the feeling created in the reader by the literary work.

• tone

• mood

• theme

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The _________ is the central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about human beings or about life.

• allusion

• third person limited

• theme

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A/an ______________ is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

• tone

• antagonist

• allusion

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Anything that stands for or represents something else is called a/an ___________.

• third person omniscient

• protagonist

• symbol

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D