Short Story Test Review

What is alliteration?

• An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• The attitude or feeling associated with a word

• the way the author arranges the action in a story

Answer explanation

Here's an example of alliteration: Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before (all the d-sounds).

What is an allusion?

• an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

• an attitude or feeling associated with a word

• an appeal to one of the five senses

• a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object

What is an antagonist?

• the main character in a work of literature

• a struggle between two opposing forces

• a point of maximum interest or tension

• a principal character or force in opposition to the main character

The way a writer creates and develops characters' personalities

• connotation

• denotation

• characterization

• personification

the point of maximum interest, tension, or turning point after the conflict

• theme

• climax

• plot

• hyperbole

struggle between opposing forces

• Mood

• Imagery

• Conflict

• Irony

What is connotation?

• the way the author arranges the action in a story

• the form of language spoken by a particular ethnic group

• The dictionary definition of a word

• The attitude or feeling associated with a word

What is denotation?

• The dictionary definition of a word

• The attitude or feeling associated with a word

• A form of language spoken by a particular ethnic group

• A feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates

What is dialect?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

• A form of language spoken by a particular ethnic group

• A written conversation between two or more characters

A written conversation between two or more characters

• dialect

• narrative

• conflict

• dialogue