Literary terms 1-33

Literary terms 1-33

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Melissa Kay

English

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

the writer of a literary work

author

character

flat character

round character

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

an account of the writer's own life

biography

autobiography

personal essay

essay

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

an account of a person's life written or told by someone else

personal essay

formal essay

autobiography

biography

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

person in a story, poem, or play

flat character

character

round character

author

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

a character that has many different character traits

character

author

flat character

round character

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

a character that has only one or two character traits

round character

flat character

author

character

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

language that appeals to the senses

imagery

fable

foil

diction

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

conversation between two or more characters

conflict

dialect

dialogue

motivation

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

in general, a story that ends happily

essay

comedy

fable

folk tale

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot

foil

conflict

flashforward

foreshadowing

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