Literary Terms Quiz

What is a major unit or division of a play called?

• Aside

• Act

• Scene

• Prologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Who is a character that provides a strong contrast to another character, usually a main character?

• Soliloquy

• Pun

• Foil

• Tragic Flaw

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a comment a character makes to the audience which other characters onstage do not hear?

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Couplet

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a humorous play on words known as?

• Pun

• Comic Relief

• Figurative Language

• Comedy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is a trait leading to the character's downfall, often the hero?

• Paradox

• Drama

• Tragedy

• Tragic Flaw

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a lyric poem of 14 lines following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme?

• Couplet

• Drama

• Sonnet

• Prologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What type of language appeals to one or more of the five senses and helps create a picture in the reader's mind?

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

• Pun

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an introductory section of a play, speech, or other literary speech called?

• Act

• Soliloquy

• Prologue

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What term is used for one of two or more units that make up an act?

• Aside

• Scene

• Couplet

• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a drama in which the protagonist fails to reach goals, usually ending with his/her death?

• Scene

• Drama

• Foil

• Tragedy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D