WorksheetsLiterary Terms 2
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Things start to settle down during the
a)
climax
b)
exposition
c)
falling action
2.
Which part of the plot
creates tension and suspense?
creates tension and suspense?
a)
rising action
b)
climax
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
3.
What is the "mood" of a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
4.
What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
a)
pleased
b)
angry
c)
happy
d)
suspicious
5.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
6.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
7.
Which part of the plot
introduces the characters?
introduces the characters?
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Falling Action
8.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
9.
What is the definition of climax?
a)
the turning point of the story
b)
the struggle between two characters
c)
the beginning of the story
d)
the point when the conflict is resolved
10.
What "wraps up" the conflicts in the story, but may not resolve everything?
a)
Exposition
b)
Falling Action
c)
Rising Action
d)
Resolution
11.
What do we call the main character of a story?
a)
Protagonist
b)
Antagonist
12.
What do we call the villain in the story?
a)
Protagonist
b)
Antagonist
13.
This point of view is when the author uses "I, my, us, or we" in the story.
a)
First person
b)
Second person
c)
Third person
14.
This point of view is when the author uses "He, she, it, they" in the story.
a)
First person
b)
Second person
c)
Third person
15.
What is the tone of the following sentence?
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.
a)
angry
b)
witty
c)
suspicious
16.
A hint or clue in a story that suggests some action is to follow to create interest or suspense is called:
a)
foreshadowing
b)
stereotyping
c)
allusion
17.
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
18.
Connotation is a word's ___________.
a)
synonym
b)
emotional meaning that the word creates
c)
antonym
d)
Literal, dictionary's definition.
19.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
It uses pronouns like you and yours. -
b)
The author knows unlimited information about every character.
c)
the narrator is not in the story
d)
pronouns like I, my and we are used
20.
Imagery is language that creates a picture.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb. Which sense is being described?
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Smell
d)
Hear
22.
Dictionary definition is called the...
a)
Denotation
b)
Connotation
23.
A hint of what is to come in the action of a play...
a)
Guess
b)
Act
c)
Foreshadow
d)
Scene
24.
One person speaking
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialogue
c)
Dialect
d)
Language
25.
Is how the conflict is or not resolved..
a)
exposition
b)
climax
c)
resolution
26.
This is the correct order for plot in drama.
1. Exposition
2. Climax
3. Rising Action
4. Falling action and resolution
1. Exposition
2. Climax
3. Rising Action
4. Falling action and resolution
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Which choice below DOES NOT help to create "characterization"
a)
A character's actions
b)
A character's statements
c)
A character's choices
d)
All of the above
28.
"They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all" (103).
What is the tone of the dialogue?
What is the tone of the dialogue?
a)
informal
b)
happy
c)
serious
d)
optimistic
29.
_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.
a)
mood
b)
tone
30.
the perspective from which the story is told. Could be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
a)
climax
b)
point of view
c)
description
d)
opinion
31.
the type of writing that tells a story and can be actual (non-fiction) or fictional. May be expressed orally or in writing.
a)
narrative
b)
climax
c)
alliteration
d)
fact
32.
How the problem of the story is solved
a)
conflict
b)
resolution
c)
plot
d)
theme
33.
language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special mood or feeling
a)
figurative language
b)
meter
c)
conflict
d)
resolution
34.
part of the story that describes what happens because of an action or decision. The part of the plot from the climax to the ending where the main conflict is resolved
a)
rising action
b)
climax
c)
falling action
d)
conflict
35.
how the problem of the story is solved
a)
conflict
b)
resolution
c)
plot
d)
theme
36.
Which word means inciting incident?
a)
Helps the resolution
b)
Sets events in action in a story
c)
Part of the Exposition
d)
Ends the central conflict
37.
Meter
a)
the opposite meaning of a word
b)
How long a word is
c)
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables of a line of poetry
d)
How a word is measures
38.
What is a monologue
a)
How high something can go
b)
The flow of a word
c)
The specific meaning of a word
d)
A long speech made by one person or one person in a group
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