Cosmic Course Content Contest Quiz #1 (through 1.3.1)

What is a dynamic character?

• A character who is outgoing and exciting.

• A character who does not change by the end of the story.

• The protagonist of the story.

• A character who changes by the end of the story.

When a story is told from the first-person point of view, who is the narrator?

• A character in the story.

• An outside, godlike narrator.

• The protagonist.

• The author of the story.

What does the setting of a story include?

• Only the location.

• Only the time.

• Time and location.

• Neither time nor location.

What is internal conflict?

• A struggle within a character.

• A struggle between a character and an outside force.

• A struggle between two characters.

• A struggle between a character and nature.

What is the theme in a story?

• The author's opinion on a topic.

• A universal message.

• The subject matter of the story.

• The conflict in the story.

What is a symbol in literature?

• A character who stands up to an evil or opposing force.

• The dramatic highpoint of the plot.

• The message about life that the story conveys.

• Usually an object that represents an important idea.

What is the active voice?

• When the subject of a sentence carries out the main action.

• When the subject of a sentence receives the main action.

• A lively style of writing.

• A style of writing currently in fashion.

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration.

• A figure of speech that uses irony.

• A comparison of two seemingly unlike things that calls the one thing the other.

What is alliteration?

• The use of short, often one-sentence, paragraphs in a story

• Words or phrases that shed light on a work's overall meaning

• The repetition of sound at the beginnings of words in a series

• The purposeful use of a literary concept to convey meaning

What is onomatopoeia?

• An unspellable, unpronounceable word

• A word that no one in the history of word-making should have come up with

• A strong desire to find the nearest rest room

• The use of a word that sounds like what it means