Literary Terms Quiz

A subdivision of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when characters leave the stage.

• scene

• idiom

• situational irony

• stanza

• alliteration

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words is called?

• scene

• idiom

• situational irony

• stanza

• alliteration

What happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen is known as?

• scene

• idiom

• situational irony

• stanza

• alliteration

A grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line of space is called?

• scene

• idiom

• situational irony

• stanza

• alliteration

A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning.

• scene

• idiom

• situational irony

• stanza

• alliteration

Phrases or lines of a poem that are repeated.

• direct characterization

• complete rhymes

• imagery

• refrain

• suspense

Words whose final syllables have the exact same sound.

• direct characterization

• complete rhymes

• imagery

• refrain

• suspense

The author tells you explicitly what a character is like.

• direct characterization

• complete rhymes

• imagery

• refrain

• suspense

Vivid writing that appeals to the senses.

• direct characterization

• complete rhymes

• imagery

• refrain

• suspense

The anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story.

• direct characterization

• complete rhymes

• imagery

• refrain

• suspense