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WorksheetsLit. Terms Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Play on Words
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Pun
2.
Rhythmical pattern of a poem
a)
Rhyme Scheme
b)
Rhyme Line-up
3.
Place and Time of a story
a)
Surroundings
b)
Setting
4.
Downplaying severity or prestige (the grand canyon is just a hole)
a)
Understatement
b)
Undernoted
5.
Narrator’s Perspective
a)
Bird's Eye View
b)
Point-of-View
6.
How the reader feels when he/she reads a passage
a)
Mood
b)
Tone
7.
Two words that are opposite but are put together
a)
Oppsyidiot
b)
Oxymoron
8.
Reason for writing a text or passage
a)
Porpoise (the ocean animal)
b)
Purpose
9.
Words that sound how they are spelled (vrrrrooooommm)
a)
Batman Words
b)
Onomatopoeia
10.
Comparison of words based on relationship
a)
Analogy
b)
Alliteration
11.
Reference to another story or character
a)
Illusion
b)
Allusion
12.
A story (usually a narrator’s story)
a)
Narrative
b)
Narrator's Saga
13.
Conversation between two or more characters
a)
Talking Point
b)
Dialogue
14.
Comparison using like or as
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
15.
Comparison NOT using like or as
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
16.
Words that mean the same thing
a)
Cinnamon
b)
Synonym
17.
Memory used in a story sequence
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadow
18.
When a object represents a larger idea
a)
Objective Summary
b)
Symbolism
19.
When a line is repeated over and over
a)
Refrain
b)
Referee
20.
A “paragraph” of a poem
a)
Stanza
b)
Standard
21.
A story used to simplify or summarize a larger story
a)
Anecdote
b)
Antedote
22.
Last two lines of a sonnet
a)
Calligraphy
b)
Couplet
23.
A summary that is not biased
a)
Subjective Summary
b)
Objective Summary
24.
Repeated Beginning sounds
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
25.
When a narrator cannot be trusted
a)
Pathological Liar
b)
Unreliable Narrator
26.
When something happens you don’t expect or when it does happen and you didn’t expect it
a)
Irony
b)
Wrinkly
27.
An educated guess or assumption
a)
Gopher It
b)
Inference
28.
Main events of a story
a)
Central Idea
b)
Central Station
29.
How an author feels when they write
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
30.
Category of characters
a)
Architect
b)
Archetype
31.
When a word is repeated
a)
Reaper
b)
Repetition
32.
When something is made out bigger than it actually is
a)
Exaggeration
b)
Entirety
33.
Underlying message of a story
a)
Theme
b)
Idea
34.
Language that is abstract or not literal
a)
Figurative Language
b)
Common Language
35.
Hints that let the reader know what might happen in a story
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
FiveShadowing
36.
Question that does not require an answer
a)
Rhetorical Question
b)
Any question that Boggs asks
37.
How a character is described (character traits)
a)
Character Points
b)
Characterization
38.
How a story is put together or built
a)
Construction
b)
Structure
39.
Giving human qualities to an inanimate object
a)
Personification
b)
Humanifying
40.
How language is used in a certain area
a)
Dialect
b)
Accent
41.
The picture a reader gets when reading a story
a)
Imagery
b)
Picturesque
42.
A speech given by a single character directed to the audience
a)
Solo Artist
b)
Soliloquy
43.
Words that mean the opposite of one another
a)
Antonym
b)
Anthill
44.
Extreme exaggeration
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Super Bowl
45.
Personal definition of a word/Dictionary definition of a word
a)
Connotation/Denotation
b)
Concentrate/Denounce
46.
A problem or issue in a story
a)
Disagreement
b)
Conflict
47.
A character’s reason for doing something
a)
Motivation
b)
Rationale
48.
A seemingly unanswerable question, puzzle, or riddle
a)
Paradox
b)
Parachute
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