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WorksheetsParadox & Other Terms TEST
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins
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1.
The correct order of plot stages is...
a)
exposition, falling action, climax, resolution, rising action
b)
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
c)
resolution, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
d)
rising action, exposition, climax, resolution, falling action
2.
Rising action is defined as
a)
The turning point of the story
b)
The background information the reader needs
c)
The conflict that builds towards the climax
d)
The tying up of the loose ends
3.
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
4.
When the author goes back in time and describes an earlier event or scene is
a)
foreshadowing
b)
suspense
c)
flashback
d)
exposition
5.
When something in the story represents something else
a)
Symbolism
b)
Flashback
c)
Stanza
d)
Inference
6.
Climax is defined as
a)
The last event in the story
b)
The turning point of the story
c)
The introduction of the conflict in the story
d)
The background information
7.
A character who is noble or inspiring; the main character
a)
antagonist
b)
round character
c)
flat character
d)
protagonist
8.
A character who frustrates the main character
a)
antagonist
b)
protagonist
c)
dynamic character
d)
static character
9.
Resolution is defined as
a)
Tying up the loose ends
b)
The turning point of the story
c)
The background information the reader needs
d)
The action that happens after the climax
10.
When what happens is the opposite of what we expect
a)
Irony
b)
Bias
c)
Argument
d)
Hyperbole
11.
She is sunshine that brightens my day
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
12.
When the author gives clues about what will happen later in the story
a)
flashback
b)
in media res
c)
foreshadowing
d)
theme
13.
Language that appeals to the five senses:
a)
Irony
b)
Imagery
c)
Setting
d)
Tone
14.
The essential background information at the beginning of a work of literature; setting and main characters are introduced
a)
Rising action
b)
Falling action
c)
Exposition
d)
climax
15.
Plot is defined as
a)
The arrangement of event in a story
b)
The climax and rising action
c)
Denouement
d)
Falling action and exposition
16.
Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Flat iron
17.
Where the audience knows more than the characters. We know more than the characters do with creates humor or suspense.
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
"Iron't" I funny?
18.
A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.
a)
Plot
b)
Summary
c)
Central Idea
d)
Theme
19.
The struggle occurring within the character's mind.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conlict
c)
Mind Conflict
d)
Decision Conflict
20.
The struggle between a character and an outside force.
a)
the dark side
b)
internal conflict
c)
external conflcit
d)
life
21.
Why characters do or say what they do.
a)
motivation
b)
foreshadowing
c)
flashback
d)
tone
22.
An educated guess drawn from evidence or reasoning.
a)
clue
b)
textual evidence
c)
motivation
d)
inference
23.
The environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place.
a)
mood
b)
external conflict
c)
setting
d)
plot
24.
Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.
a)
Setting
b)
Characterization
c)
Personalization
d)
Flashback
25.
An indirect expression used to describe something considered blunt or harsh.
a)
Euphemism
b)
Apostrophe
c)
Conceit
d)
Allusion
26.
Ridicule or mocking of a work for comic effect.
a)
Archetype
b)
Parody
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Paradox
27.
A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, or the whole for a part
a)
Analogy
b)
Archetype
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Idiom
28.
Word choice
a)
Dialect
b)
Syntax
c)
Diction
d)
Point of View
29.
Characters and events are used to represent an abstract concept
a)
Allusion
b)
Analogy
c)
Allegory
d)
Assonance
30.
What is the perspective from which a story is told?
a)
setting
b)
point of view
c)
plot
d)
character's view
31.
Use of irony, sarcasm, hyperbole, etc. in order to provoke change
a)
Fallacy
b)
Satire
c)
Allegory
d)
Idiom
32.
A character that experiences great change.
a)
Main character
b)
Dynamic character
c)
Static character
d)
Antagonist
33.
An original model or type from which others are patterned. These characters seem to represent universal patterns of human nature. The hero is one.
a)
Allusion
b)
Analogy
c)
Archetype
d)
Paradox
34.
Repetition of vowel sounds: the light of the fire is a sight.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Euphemism
c)
Assonance
d)
Hyperbole
35.
The implied meaning of the word that may be different than the dictionary definition.
a)
Denotation
b)
Diction
c)
Connotation
d)
Citation
36.
A statement that seems contradictory, but in fact expresses a truth.
a)
Paradox
b)
Parody
c)
Allegory
d)
Motif
37.
A character that remains fundamentally the same.
a)
Protagonist
b)
Dynamic character
c)
Static Character
d)
Main Character
38.
Which Point of View uses the pronouns he, she, and names of characters?
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person
d)
Fourth Person
39.
The repetition of the same vowel sound.
For example:
Stay away.
For example:
Stay away.
a)
allegory
b)
assonance
c)
alliterartion
d)
tone
40.
The feeling (or attitude) the author has toward his or her subject matter.
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
symbol
d)
metaphor
41.
Hints or clues an author provides at the beginning of a story to create interest and build suspense.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
symbol
d)
forwhadowing
42.
You are throwing money down the drain.
or
The apple does not fall far from the tree.
These are examples of...
or
The apple does not fall far from the tree.
These are examples of...
a)
a metaphor
b)
a simlie
c)
personification
d)
an idiom
43.
During his halftime speech, the coach told his players to give it 110%. The over-used saying is an example of:
a)
cliche
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
44.
The way the reader feels when reading a story.
a)
tone
b)
theme
c)
setting
d)
mood
45.
A reference to a well-known person, place, event or work (book, song or movie) that appears in another work
a)
allegory
b)
allusion
c)
analogy
d)
alliteration
46.
Fred ate five French fries on Friday.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
cliche
47.
When the opposite of what you expect happens.
For example: A mechanic whose car is falling apart
For example: A mechanic whose car is falling apart
a)
irony
b)
idiom
c)
alliteration
d)
personification
48.
A story or poem's overall message (big idea).
a)
symbol
b)
theme
c)
flashback
d)
irony
49.
Details in the text that describe a character's personality or appearance.
a)
foreshadowing
b)
theme
c)
characterization
d)
tone
50.
Which of the following is a way that an author might structure a text in order to tell the events in the order they happened?
a)
parallel episodes
b)
chronological order
c)
first-person narrative
d)
stanzas
51.
What kind of text structure has two different stories being told back and forth that relate to each other or connect in some way?
a)
third person narrative
b)
parallel episodes
c)
stanzas
d)
dialogue
52.
Another word for conversations between characters.
a)
dialogue
b)
point of view
c)
tone
d)
mood
53.
The gunman is useless. I know it. He knows it, and he's more useless than the gunman.
a)
3rd person limited
b)
1st person omniscient
c)
3rd person omniscient
d)
3rd person onomatopoeia
54.
When authors include a scene describing an earlier event that connects with what is currently happening in the story
a)
parallel episodes
b)
foreshadowing
c)
first-person narrative
d)
flashback
55.
Words or phrases that need to be interpreted by the reader and should not be taken literally.
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
theme
d)
figurative language
56.
Another word for figurative language
a)
figure of speech
b)
tone
c)
theme
d)
structure
57.
Which archetype is considered the most selfless?
a)
The Magician
b)
The Jester
c)
The Caregiver
d)
The Explorer
58.
Details an author gives to build up certain emotions as you are reading and to make you curious about what will happen.
a)
characterization
b)
dialogue
c)
suspense
d)
theme
59.
A character who changes or develops during the course of a story is referred to as which type of character?
a)
flat
b)
round
c)
antagonist
d)
stereotypical
60.
Which of the following narrative points of view (PoVs) involves readers knowing the actions of a story but none of the thoughts or feelings of the characters?
a)
second-person PoV
b)
third-person limited PoV
c)
third-person limited omniscient PoV
d)
third-person omniscient PoV
61.
The most tense moment---the key moment---in a story's plot is called the ________?
a)
exposition
b)
falling action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
62.
Movement, passage, or change from one position, state, subject, concept, to another.
a)
description
b)
metaphor
c)
conjunction
d)
transition
63.
Identify the paradox.
a)
Whose turn is it?
b)
Robert carefully built a model of the ship.
c)
Remember to take out the trash.
d)
If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
64.
A literary character whose personality can easily be defined by one or two traits and does not change throughout the story.
a)
protagonist
b)
antagonist
c)
stock character
d)
flat character
65.
parody
a)
a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner
b)
conclusion
c)
an intense dislike
d)
a noisy uproar
66.
What is third person objective Point of View?
a)
the narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character's thoughts and interrupt their behaviors
b)
The position which a narrator sees and understands what is happening
c)
the narrator isn't part of the story, it can tell what happens to the characters, but it can't go inside their heads and reveal what they are thinking and feeling
d)
I had homework last night
67.
denouement
a)
a puzzling situation; a dilemma
b)
an outcome; result
c)
wealth; richness
d)
an intense dislike
68.
Which point of view uses pronouns such as "I" and "me"?
a)
Second person
b)
Third person limited
c)
Third person omniscient
d)
First person
69.
The character who opposes the protagonist's actions is the what?
a)
bad guy
b)
antagonist
c)
flat character
d)
Cruella deVil
70.
The conflict sets off which part of the plot?
a)
introduction/exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
conclusion
71.
Use of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses in order to describe something is what?
a)
metaphors
b)
allusion
c)
imagery
d)
foreshadowing
72.
Which type of irony occurs when the characters' dialogue is ironic?
a)
situational irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
verbal irony
d)
nonverbal irony
73.
Allusions are based primarily on
a)
personal intuition
b)
shared knowledge
c)
imaginative comparisons
d)
cultural symbols
74.
The point of view that is told from one character's perspective and uses pronouns such as "he" and "she" is what?
a)
third person omniscient
b)
third person limited
c)
first person
d)
second person
75.
When a concrete object represents more than its literal definition (an abstract idea), it is known as what?
a)
irony
b)
imagery
c)
symbolism
d)
figurative language
76.
a character that stays the same throughout the story
a)
dynamic
b)
static
c)
protagonist
d)
1st person
77.
A moral, lesson, or universal truth found in a piece of literature
a)
climax
b)
exposition
c)
hyperbole
d)
theme
78.
What is an inference?
a)
It is a wild guess.
b)
It is a comparison using like or as.
c)
It is an educated guess, based on logic and evdience.
d)
It is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device.
79.
Prejudice is favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
a)
Bias
b)
Propaganda
c)
Symbolism
d)
Media
80.
Two ideas, places, or characters placed beside each other for contrasting effect.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Juxtaposition
d)
Chiasmus
81.
What can you "infer" by reading the passage below?
"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
a)
Violet can be a mean girl.
b)
Violet can be somewhat relaxed.
c)
Violet is probably somewhat shy.
d)
Violet is afraid of everything.
82.
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" Marina insisted. In fact, she was a little offended at the implication that she had taken the birthday cake.
Sharon felt compelled to apologize. "I'm sorry, Marina," she said. "I'm just upset. I don't have enough time to bake yet another cake for Bryan. We have to find this one!"
"We'll find it, Sharon," Marina replied. "No matter what, though, Bryan will have a wonderful birthday."
"I know. Thanks, Marina." And with that, Sharon and Marina went to find the cake culprit.
What is the point of view of the passage?
Sharon felt compelled to apologize. "I'm sorry, Marina," she said. "I'm just upset. I don't have enough time to bake yet another cake for Bryan. We have to find this one!"
"We'll find it, Sharon," Marina replied. "No matter what, though, Bryan will have a wonderful birthday."
"I know. Thanks, Marina." And with that, Sharon and Marina went to find the cake culprit.
What is the point of view of the passage?
a)
First person
b)
Second person
c)
Third person limited
d)
Third person omniscient
83.
When writers do not state the way a character feels, the writer will include details that readers must use to make inferences about how a character feels. When you make inferences, you use:
a)
Dictionaries and Wikipedia to locate answers.
b)
Your own imagination and ignore the text.
c)
Observations, prior knowledge and experiences, and details from the text.
d)
None of the above.
84.
Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
a)
jargon
b)
formal
c)
pretentious
d)
colloquial
85.
"I could not understand the political _____ on the news last night."
a)
jargon
b)
colloquial
c)
formal
d)
pretentious
86.
This type of narrator is not a character in the story, but rather is an outside observer. He or she is "all knowing" and has access to the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
a)
First Person
b)
Third Person Limited
c)
Third Person Omniscient
d)
Third Person
87.
An archetype is:
a)
A basic plot, character, symbol, or idea that recurs in the literature of many cultures
b)
A dynamic character that plays a major role in many different stories
c)
A tradition of passing down stories by word-of-mouth
d)
The main character of a work of literature
88.
What do you call a story that tries to explain why the world is the way it is?
a)
folktale
b)
myth
c)
legend
d)
fable
89.
Which archetype is MOST LIKELY to break the law?
a)
The Hero
b)
The Magician
c)
The Jester
d)
The Rebel
90.
Which archetype is most relateable to the "regular" person?
a)
The Orphan
b)
The Hero
c)
The Explorer
d)
The Caregiver
91.
This is a reference to another literary work
a)
symbolism
b)
allegory
c)
allusion
d)
situational irony
92.
Consonance is the repetition of...
a)
consonant sounds
b)
repetition of words
c)
when the end of two lines rhyme
d)
when two words sound alike
93.
What is rhyme?
a)
The beginning of the word sounds the same
b)
The end of the words sound the same
c)
None of the words sound the same
d)
Every three words sound the same
94.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
a)
12
b)
14
c)
10
d)
16
95.
Which word has the most NEUTRAL connotation?
a)
consume
b)
devour
c)
nibble
d)
munch
96.
Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese is an example of ________________.
a)
assonance
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
97.
What type of Sound Device?
A dove moved silently above the waves.
A dove moved silently above the waves.
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
98.
Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes.
a)
oxymoron
b)
paradox
c)
apostrophe
d)
malapropism
99.
Deep down you are actually quite shallow.
a)
Paradox
b)
Anaphora
c)
Pun
d)
Hyperbole
100.
An Allegory is...
a)
To think or imagine
b)
a story, poem, or picture that has a hidden meaning
c)
the end of a story
d)
firm or secure
101.
Identify the paradox.
a)
The clouds drifted lazily in the sky.
b)
The person who wrote that book can’t write.
c)
The clown fish swam comically in the aquarium.
d)
I was confused by the lesson.
102.
The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello. "Do you mind if I ask? How long've you worked at being a fireman?" the girl asked. "Since I was twenty, ten years ago," said Montag. They walked farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" "No," Montag replied, "houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it," but the girl knew this was not true. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Third Person Omniscient
103.
Katelyn had no idea that, not far away, someone else was doing the exact same thing--just waiting for the right time to make a move. Downstairs, her, mother, Sandra stood in the kitchen. Sandra was cold and mad. Mad and cold.
a)
limited
b)
omniscient
104.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
pronouns like I, my and him are used
b)
the author is addressing the reader
c)
the narrator is not in the story
d)
pronouns like I, my and we are used
105.
Which POV gives the reader insight to only ONE character's thoughts?
a)
Third Person Objective
b)
Third Person Omniscient
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Second Person
106.
What is special about third person limited?
a)
The thoughts of most characters are revealed
b)
The thoughts of all characters are revealed
c)
The thoughts of one character is not revealed
d)
The thoughts of one character is revealed
107.
Which POV gives the reader insight to ALL the characters' thoughts and feelings?
a)
Third Person Objective
b)
Third Person Limited
c)
Second Person
d)
Third Person Omnscient
108.
Which stage of the plot adds TENSION to the story?
a)
Resolution
b)
Exposition
c)
Falling Action
d)
Rising Action
109.
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.
At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.
a)
first-person
b)
second-person
c)
third-limited
d)
third-omniscient
110.
The moment when all the conflicts are resolved and the story is over.
a)
denouement
b)
exposition
c)
setting
d)
climax
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