Literary Terms and Figurative Language Quiz

1. Which literary device is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration

2. What term describes the writer's attitude toward their subject?

• Tone
• Mood
• Theme
• Setting

3. What is the force or character working against the main character called?

• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Foil
• Narrator

4. What term refers to the main problem or challenge in a story?

• Conflict
• Resolution
• Climax
• Exposition

5. Which literary device makes a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

6. What term describes a character's physical and emotional traits?

• Characterization
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme

7. What elements make up a story's setting?

• Time and place
• Characters and plot
• Conflict and resolution
• Theme and mood

8. When a character struggles against nature, what type of conflict is this?

• Man vs. Society
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Self

9. What is the universal lesson or message in a story called?

• Moral
• Plot
• Climax
• Theme

10. What term describes the highest point of action in a story?

• Resolution
• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax