Literary Terms Quiz 1 M.5

What is a comparison using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which term describes the time and place of the action in a literary work?

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which term refers to giving human characteristics to non-human things?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the sequence of events in a story called?

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which term refers to the use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to a literary work?

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the term for a character who opposes the main character?

• Dynamic Character

• Static Character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is a character who does not change throughout the story called?

• Dynamic Character

• Static Character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which term refers to a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

• Theme

• Setting

• Point of View

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D