Literary Terms Quiz

The literal dictionary definition of a word.

• dialect

• denotation

• connotation

• metaphor

The most important idea expressed in a paragraph or in an essay.

• flashback

• allusion

• main idea

• dialogue

A struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces.

• mood

• metaphor

• conflict

• allusion

A person or animal who takes part in the action of a story, play, or other literary work.

• character

• plot

• climax

• mood

A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people.

• drama

• dialect

• dialogue

• diction

A story about a person's life written by that person.

• folk tale

• fiction

• autobiography or memoir

• biography

An interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.

• denotation

• figure of speech

• flashback

• foreshadowing

The story of a real person's life, written by another person.

• biography

• autobiography

• memoir

Define poetry that does not follow a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

• denotation

• free verse

• iambic pentameter

• connotation

"I've told you a million times!" is an example of a:

• Literal connotation

• Nonliteral as a hyperbole