WorksheetsEssential Lit Terms 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
A type of writing that relates a series of events—written in verse. Medieval Narratives include: ballads, romances, allegories, and moral tales.
a)
narratives
b)
dialogues
c)
expositives
d)
allegories
2.
A type of narrative poem that tells a story and has a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme; usually meant to be sung. (i.e. American Pie or Piano Man would be modern day versions)
a)
narrative
b)
sonnet
c)
ballad
d)
spoken word
3.
An adventure tale with extravagant characters, exotic places, heroic events, passionate love, and supernatural forces.
a)
epic saga
b)
odessey
c)
romantic trilogy
d)
medieval romance
4.
A narrative in which every character and event is a symbol that represents an idea, religious principle, or moral.
a)
Allegory
b)
Ballad
c)
Folk Tale
d)
Narrative
5.
A narrative that illustrates a moral lesson, such as a fable or an exemplum.
a)
explicative
b)
medieval tale
c)
narrative
d)
moral tale
6.
Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experience for the reader.
a)
vividry
b)
pictorial images
c)
imagery
d)
hyperbole
7.
Language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words.
a)
alliteration
b)
figurative language
c)
symbolic language
d)
hyperbole
8.
When a character or the reader expects one thing to happen but something else actually happens.
a)
situational irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
comedic irony
9.
When a writer or character says one thing but means another.
a)
situational irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
comedic irony
10.
When the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know.
a)
situational irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
comedic irony
11.
To describe making direct statements about appearance, behavior, and actions and/or allowing these traits to be expressed through personality, actions, interactions, and dialogue.
a)
rising action
b)
characterization
c)
plot development
d)
personification
12.
A literary device that joins together one or more stories within a larger story.
a)
frame story
b)
paraphrase
c)
picture in picture
d)
nested fiction
13.
To be added or gained; to accumulate
a)
accumen
b)
multiplicity
c)
accrue
d)
deplete
14.
A serious request or plea
a)
petition
b)
testament
c)
bequeath
d)
entreaty
15.
A disease or disorder; an ailment
a)
dysentery
b)
malady
c)
ruinous
d)
malaria
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