Literary Terms Quiz

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds called?

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Which term refers to a reference to another work of art or historical event?

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Allusion

• Archetype

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

What is the term for a comparison between two things, suggesting they are alike in some ways?

• Analogy

• Anaphora

• Asyndeton

• Caesura

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of nearby clauses called?

• Anecdote

• Anaphora

• Antagonist

• Archetype

What is a brief story to illustrate a point or provide an example known as?

• Antagonist

• Anecdote

• Allusion

• Archetype

Who or what opposes the main character in a story?

• Archetype

• Antagonist

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What term describes repeated patterns and universal symbols in literature?

• Asyndeton

• Archetype

• Caesura

• Climax

What is the intentional lack of conjunctions in a sentence called?

• Asyndeton

• Anaphora

• Caesura

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

What is a pause near the middle of a line of verse called?

• Climax

• Caesura

• Connotation

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the moment of greatest tension in a story known as?

• Connotation

• Climax

• Denouement

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5