6th grade Literary Terms Test - Unit 1-3

1. _______ - 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 between a character and some outside force

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• climax

• resolution

3. _______ - a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

• character

• setting

• plot

• theme

_______ - a type of writing that portrays character, object, or scene

• description

• argumentation

• narration

• exposition

5. _______ - an essay that relates to the life of the writer

• autobiography

• biography

• narrative

• fable

_______ - conversation involving two or more characters

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• narration

7. _______ - the use of words or phrases that sound like what they name

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

8. _______ - a struggle between two or more people or things in a literary work

• external conflict

• internal monologue

• theme

• setting

9. _______ - a comparison using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

10. _______ - a series of events related to a central conflict

• plot

• setting

• theme

• character