WorksheetsLiterary Terms
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What the passage or text is mainly about
a)
Central/main Idea
b)
Anecdote
c)
Character
d)
Alliteration
2.
Logical conclusion based on the reader's background knowledge and text clues
a)
Personification
b)
Symbolism
c)
Inference
d)
Metaphor
3.
Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain, describe.
a)
Alliteration
b)
1st Person point of view
c)
Author's Purpose
d)
Tone
4.
The moral or lesson readers should learn from the story (Does the character learn something or change? How is conflict resolved?)
a)
Climax
b)
Key Detail
c)
Conflict
d)
Theme
5.
main character who carries the action forward; in almost every scene (hero)
a)
1st person point of view
b)
antagonist
c)
protagonist
d)
3rd person point of view
6.
Words that may not literally mean what they say
a)
figurative language
b)
alliteration
c)
anecdote
d)
denotative meaning
7.
Problem the character must resolve
a)
theme
b)
antagonist
c)
protagonist
d)
conflict
8.
Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story
a)
1st person point of view
b)
2nd person point of view
c)
3rd person point of view
d)
biography
9.
personality or physical characteristics that define who the character is
a)
text evidence
b)
mood
c)
character traits
d)
context clues
10.
Comparison of unlike things that uses "like" "as" or "than" (Ex. This room is like an oven.)
a)
idiom
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
simile
11.
Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
personficiation
12.
character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)
a)
indirect characterization
b)
direct characterization
c)
antagonist
d)
protagonist
13.
turning point in the plot; the "OMG" moment when a decision, action, or event answers the reader's BIG question
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
14.
Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
personification
d)
simile
15.
Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end
a)
plot
b)
setting
c)
conflict
d)
character
16.
Feelings and ideas associated with a word meaning.
a)
connotative meaning
b)
denotative meaning
c)
inference
d)
setting
17.
Comparison of unlike things that states or implies that one thing is the other (Ex. It is an oven in here.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
personfication
d)
simile
18.
Narrator is not a character in the story and refers to all characters as "he" or "she"
a)
author
b)
1st person point of view
c)
2nd person point of view
d)
3rd person point of view
19.
irony
a)
Funny situation
b)
The opposite of what's expected happens
c)
Making a planned decision
20.
allusion
a)
an image
b)
an object that represents something else
c)
a reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.
d)
an overused phrase
21.
foreshadowing
a)
a past event inserted into a story
b)
summary of past events
c)
clues or hints about future events to happen
d)
summary of future events
22.
hyperbole
a)
giving human qualities to inhuman objects
b)
an exaggeration
c)
an over used phrase that's popular
d)
using a word or phrase in place of the actual word
23.
An object or idea standing for something else in a story is called
a)
symbolism
b)
personification
c)
assonance
d)
flashback
24.
The time, place, and circumstances in which a story occur is called
a)
setting
b)
climax
c)
mood
d)
prediction
25.
How many lines a sonnet has to have?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
14
d)
any number
26.
Characterization is defined as
a)
An important decision a character makes
b)
The arrangement of event in the story
c)
The exposition in the story
d)
The words, thoughts and actions of the characters
27.
Which of the sentences below are example of alliteration?
a)
sally farted out rainbows
b)
Billy Bozzle Buckled buttons before bedtime
c)
a fat cat that spat at dat bat
d)
All of the below
28.
An ____ is a long narrative poem that is important to the history of a nation or culture.
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
epic
d)
fable
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