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WorksheetsLiterary Terms #1/16
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain, describe.
a)
Alliteration
b)
1st Person point of view
c)
Author's Purpose
d)
Tone
2.
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
3.
A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph
a)
speaker
b)
stanza
c)
rhythm
d)
onomatopoeia
4.
Problem the character must resolve
a)
theme
b)
antagonist
c)
protagonist
d)
conflict
5.
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
6.
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
7.
Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
personficiation
8.
Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
personficiation
9.
The narrator of a poem
a)
reader
b)
speaker
c)
line
d)
stanza
10.
Text that comes from the story used to support your analysis
a)
denotative meaning
b)
connotative meaning
c)
text evidence
d)
summary
11.
Word groups that do not literally mean what they say (Ex. Put a lid on it.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
allusion
d)
onomatopoeia
12.
character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)
a)
indirect characterization
b)
direct characterization
c)
antagonist
d)
protagonist
13.
Time when the conflict is resolved at the end of the story
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
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
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