6th grade Literary Terms Test - Unit 1 & 2

________ - short, non-fiction work that expresses a writer’s thoughts about a single subject

• personal essay

• novel

• epic poem

• science fiction

________ - a struggle that takes place within a character

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• climax

• resolution

________ - person or animal who takes part in a literary work

• character

• setting

• plot

• theme

________ - gives a picture in words or a character, object, or scene

• description

• argument

• narration

• exposition

________ - an essay that relates to the life of the writer

• personal essay

• descriptive essay

• argumentative essay

• expository essay

________ - conversation involving two or more people or characters

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• narration

________ - the use of words or phrases that sound like what they name

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

________ - a struggle between two or more people or things in a literary work

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• resolution

• climax

________ - a comparison using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

________ a series of events related to a central conflict

• plot

• setting

• theme

• character