Lit. Term Test 1

A story which has meaning on both the literal and figurative or moral level.

• alliteration

• allegory

• allusion

• illusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A reference to a person, place, or thing--often literary, mythological, or historical.

• characterization

• archetype

• allusion

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The following is an example of_____.

"And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride."

• diction.

• assonance.

• alliteration.

• consonance.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Unrhymed lines of poetry usually in iambic pentameter is defined as _____.

• blank verse.

• a sonnet.

• modern verse.

• lyrical verse.

This type of story involves two characters with opposing outlooks, opinions, or goals.

• person vs. society

• person vs. self

• person vs. person

• person vs. nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following is an example of _____.

“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

The furrow followed free;”

• allusion

• rhyming couplets

• assonance

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

• In Life of Pi, the protagonist must face a tiger trapped in the boat with him.

• person vs. tiger

• person vs. conflict

• person vs. society

• person vs. nature

Diction is _____ .

• the author’s choice of words.

• the resolution of the conflict in a plot after the climax.

• when the author reveals his or her character through an extended speech or a one-way dialogue.

• what the writer wants to prove.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dramatic monologue is

• a short story or fable which provides a simple moral lesson.

• a poem in which the speaker reveals his or her character through an extended speech or a one-way dialogue.

• when a character in a work of fiction addresses the audience directly for a moment to either express a truth, reveal a feeling, or comment on the events of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A poem mourning the dead is called _____.

• an elegy.

• a dirge.

• a summation.

• a lamentation.