Literary Terms Quizs

Drama

• Form of literature performed before an audience

• A type of poetry that tells a story

• A narrative written for reading only

• A genre of music played in theaters

Fact

• A true statement.

• An opinion that can vary.

• A statement that is always false.

• A guess or hypothesis.

Fantasy

• A story that takes place in a real historical setting.

• A story that takes place in an unreal, imaginary world.

• A story that is based on scientific facts and theories.

• A story that focuses on everyday life and realistic events.

Dialogue

• The words that characters speak aloud

• The background music in a scene

• The actions performed by characters

• The thoughts of a character

Chronological Order

• Events happen in time

• Events are random and unpredictable

• Events occur simultaneously

• Events are unrelated to each other

Abbreviation

• A long form of a word

• A shortened form of a word

• A synonym for a word

• A type of punctuation

Genre

• A category of literature.

• A type of music.

• A style of painting.

• A form of dance.

Comparison

• Shows differences between two things

• Shows similarities of two things

• Highlights the uniqueness of one thing

• Contrasts two unrelated items

Flashback

• A narrative technique that begins the story in the middle and goes back to retell to that point.

• A method of storytelling that presents events in chronological order.

• A literary device that provides background information about characters and settings.

• A technique used to create suspense by withholding information.

Couplet

• A type of stanza with three lines

• Rhymed pairs of lines in a poem

• A poem that tells a story

• A line of poetry without rhyme