Literary Terms Quiz

What is the term for the plan of action in a literary work?

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Tone

Which term describes the message or meaning that the author attempts to deliver?

• Theme

• Setting

• Imagery

• Allusion

What is the time, place, and mood at the beginning of a literary work called?

• Plot

• Setting

• Tone

• Dialogue

What is giving human characteristics to a non-human object or animal known as?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which figure of speech compares two unlike things that have something in common?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What are words or phrases that re-create vivid sensory experiences for the reader?

• Imagery

• Syntax

• Diction

• Juxtaposition

What is a question designed to produce an effect and not an answer called?

• Rhetorical question

• Dialogue

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

What term describes the attitude that a writer takes towards a subject?

• Tone

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

What is the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told called?

• Point of view

• Dialogue

• Syntax

• Diction

What is a reference to a historical or literary person, place, or event called?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole