Literary Terms and Devices Quiz

What is an allegory?

• A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or for abstract ideas or qualities.

• A story that only describes real-life events.

• A poem that uses only literal language.

• A novel with no symbolic meaning.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which term describes the process by which a writer reveals the personality of a character?

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Diction

• Foil

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

How does indirect characterization reveal a character to the reader?

• By describing how the character looks and dresses, what the character says, the character’s private thoughts and feelings, the effect on other people, or by showing the character in action.

• By directly stating the character’s traits.

• By only using dialogue.

• By focusing on the setting.

What is a static character?

• A character who does not change much in the course of a story.

• A character who changes significantly.

• A character who is the main antagonist.

• A character who only appears in flashbacks.

Which type of conflict involves opposing forces within a person’s mind?

• Internal conflict

• External conflict

• Direct conflict

• Physical conflict

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the main purpose of contrast in literature?

• To show the differences between two things.

• To create suspense.

• To develop the setting.

• To introduce new characters.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is dialect?

• A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or geographical area.

• A type of conflict.

• A literary device for comparing things.

• A form of direct characterization.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does diction refer to in literature?

• A speaker or writer’s choice of words.

• The order of events in a story.

• The main character’s motivation.

• The use of flashbacks.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is a flashback?

• A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.

• A character who contrasts with another character.

• A type of external conflict.

• A form of direct characterization.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a foil in literature?

• A character who acts as a contrast to another character.

• A type of internal conflict.

• A method of indirect characterization.

• A form of diction.