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Story Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a story or novel that is not true; it is made up from imagination?
a)
Exaggeration
b)
Fiction
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Biography
2.
What does it mean to make an overstatement or to stretch the truth?
a)
Conflict
b)
Dialogue
c)
Compare
d)
Exaggeration
3.
A conversation between people in a literary work is...
a)
Dialague
b)
Conflict
c)
Compare
d)
Exaggeration
4.
To find differences between two thing is to ....
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
5.
The problem or struggle in a short story or novel is called a 
a)
Climax
b)
Conflict
c)
Irony
d)
Dialogue
6.
To find the similiarities in things is to
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
7.
The high point of suspense in a short story or novel is called the
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Climax
d)
Bias
8.
The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities is called
a)
Alliteration
b)
Characterization
c)
Personification
d)
Allusion
9.
The story of a person's life written by their best friend is...
a)
Biography
b)
Autobiography
10.
The story of a person's life written by himself or herself is called...
a)
Biography
b)
Autobiography
11.
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person place or event is an...
a)
Autobiography
b)
Allusion
c)
Alliteration
12.
The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in words is called...
a)
Alliteration
b)
Allusion
c)
Autobiography
13.
The judgement based on a personal point of view is called....
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphore
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Bias
14.
Something that happens that was the opposite of what was expected is called...
a)
Allusion
b)
Bias
c)
Irony
d)
Metaphore
15.
Giving human qualities to non-human things is called...
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphore
c)
Simile
d)
Bias
16.
An exaggeration or overstatement
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphore
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
17.
A comparison of two or more things not using like or as
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphore
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
18.
A comparison using like or as
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphore
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification