Literary Terms Quiz

What is the definition of 'Generation'?

• A plan of action to achieve a major aim

• All of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively

• A spoken or written account of connected events

• A particular form of a language peculiar to a specific region

Which term describes a conversation between characters?

• Narrative

• Plot

• Dialogue

• Dialect

What is the purpose of a 'Strategy'?

• To examine the relationship between events

• To add notes to a text

• To change the meaning of a word

• To achieve a major or overall aim

What does 'Nonfiction' refer to?

• A guess based on clues

• A message the author is trying to convey

• Prose writing based on facts, real events, and real people

• A sequence of events in a story

What does 'Nonfiction' refer to?

• A guess based on clues

• A message the author is trying to convey

• Prose writing based on facts, real events, and real people

• A sequence of events in a story

What is a 'Plot' in a literary work?

• The perspective from which a story is told

• The way the story unfolds, sequence of events

• The time and place in a literary work

• A word part added to the beginning of a word

What is the 'Theme' of a story?

• The message the author is trying to tell you

• The perspective from which a story is told

• The inner thoughts and feelings of a character

• The basic unit of meaning of a word

What is 'Inference'?

• A guess based on clues

• A brief statement of the main points

• A word part added to the end of a base word

• A person or animal in a literary work

What is a 'Character' in a literary work?

• A person or animal that takes part in the action

• A particular way of looking at something

• A question that stimulates thought

• A word part added to the beginning of a word

Match the following literary terms.

• The series of events in a story

• Setting

• The issues that the character faces

• Conflict

• Universal message or lesson in a story

• Plot

• The people, animals, things in a story

• Theme

• When and where a story takes place

• Characters