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Literary Terms Quiz #5

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

a)

setting

b)

theme

c)

plot

d)

mood

2.
The environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place.
a)
mood
b)
external conflict
c)
setting
d)
plot
3.
The struggle between a character and an outside force.
a)
the dark side
b)
internal conflict
c)
external conflcit
d)
life
4.
The struggle occurring within the character's mind.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conlict
c)
Mind Conflict
d)
Decision Conflict
5.
An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected; the emotions of a scene; how it makes the reader feel.
a)
tone
b)
monotone
c)
mood
d)
foreshadowing
6.
Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Flat iron
7.
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?
8.
Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.
a)
irony
b)
flashback
c)
foreshadowing
d)
theme
9.
When an author interrupts the chronological sequence of a story by inserting past events. 
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
c)
flashshadowing
d)
foreback
10.
A story is told from the perspective of the main character referring to himself/herself as ”I”
a)
foreshadowing
b)
conflict
c)
first person point of view
d)
third person point of view
11.
Descriptive language that paints a picture in the reader's by appealing to the five senses
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
c)
plot
d)
imagery
12.
Giving human traits to something that is nonhuman
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
personification
13.
The story of a person’s life written by another person
a)
biography
b)
autobiography
c)
historical fiction
d)
fiction
14.
An account that is made up rather than true; usually refers to novels and short stories
a)
nonfictio
b)
fiction
c)
biography
d)
autobiography
15.
A person's account of his or her own life or a part of it
a)
essay
b)
biography
c)
autobiography
d)
historical fiction
16.
A point of view that uses the pronouns "you," "your," and "yours" and rarely appears in fiction
a)
first person
b)
second person
c)
third person
d)
fourth person
17.
Parts of a __ include a cast of characters, setting, dialogue, stage directions, and scenes.
a)
drama
b)
prose
c)
poem
d)
historical fiction
18.
An extreme exaggeration
a)
alliteration
b)
idiom
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
19.
An expression that means something different than the literal meaning
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
20.
Writing that deals with real people, events, and places
a)
fiction 
b)
nonfiction
c)
historical fiction
d)
genre
21.
The verses in a poem can be grouped into __.
a)
paragraphs
b)
lines
c)
stanzas
d)
themes
22.
He showed Herculean strength. Referring to Hercules is an example of __.
a)
allusion
b)
genre
c)
personification
d)
mood
23.

This is the character or force that is in conflict with the main character.

a)

protagonist

b)

Irony

c)

antagonist

d)

climax

24.

What is a person called in a literary text?

a)

climax

b)

character

c)

flashback

d)

novel

25.

What is the moment when the crisis reaches its greatest intensity called? At this point, there is a clear change in the course of events.

a)

climax

b)

theme

c)

antagonist

d)

hero

26.

This is the literary technique used by writers to create a discrepancy between what is expected, or appears to be, and what actually is.

a)

irony

b)

suspense

c)

symbol

d)

climax

27.

What is the literary element called if a rose may represent beauty in the text.

a)

symbol

b)

main character

c)

irony

d)

climax

28.
A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow
a)
IRONY
b)
TRAGEDY
c)
DRAMA
d)
IMAGERY
29.
A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play
a)
THEME
b)
MOOD
c)
FOIL
d)
ASIDE
30.
A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work.
a)
DRAMA
b)
ASIDE
c)
THEME
d)
PUN
31.
A speech made by a single person
a)
MONOLOGUE
b)
SOLILOQUY
c)
PROLOGUE
d)
MOOD
32.
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
a)
FOIL
b)
IRONY
c)
MOOD
d)
PUN
33.
great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat
a)
ASIDE
b)
TRAGEDY
c)
IMAGERY
d)
TRAGIC HERO
34.
a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
a)
MODO
b)
MONOLOGUE
c)
PROLOGUE
d)
DRAMA
35.
A dramatic speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone on the stage.
a)
SOLILOQUY
b)
PROLOGUE
c)
FOIL
d)
MONOLOGUE
36.
A character who acts as a contrast to another character
a)
ASIDE
b)
FOIL
c)
PUN
d)
MOOD
37.
comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.
a)
TRAGIC HERO
b)
COMIC RELIEF
c)
ALLITERATION
d)
FOIL
38.
A character or force in conflict with the main character
a)
ALLUSION
b)
ANTAGONIST
c)
SONNET
d)
IRONY
39.

reason that explains or partially explains a character’s thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech

a)

myth

b)

motive

c)

narrative

d)

narrator

40.

a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes are the origins of elements of nature

a)

myth

b)

motive

c)

narrative

d)

narrator

41.

a speaker or character that tells a story

a)

myth

b)

motive

c)

narrative

d)

narrator

42.

stands outside the action and speaks about it

a)

narrator

b)

narrator's perspective

c)

third person narrative

d)

first person narrative

43.

one who tells a story and participates in the action

a)

narrator

b)

narrator's perspective

c)

third person narrative

d)

first person narrative

44.

the use of words that imitate sounds

a)

novel

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

persuasion

d)

plot

45.

writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader or listener to adopt a particular opinion or course of action

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

persuasion

c)

plot

d)

exposition

46.

begins the plot, introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation

a)

climax

b)

rising action

c)

exposition

d)

plot

47.

introduces the central conflict, events which lead up to the turning point, the climax

a)

climax

b)

rising action

c)

exposition

d)

plot

48.

Connotation is...

a)

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

b)

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

c)

analytical notes that provide the architecture for strong literary thinking

d)

the process for appropriately citing textual references within an MLA-formatted paper

49.

Which of the following is ironic?

a)

A train arriving to the station several minutes late.

b)

A bird outside a cage staring in at a cat who is trapped in the cage.

c)

Burning your hands because you forgot oven mitts.

d)

Losing your wallet when you are about to go on a long trip.

50.

Choose the device that best describes the following lyrics from "The Warrior" by Patti Smyth:


Shooting at the walls of heartache

Bang, bang!

I am the warrior

a)

denotation

b)

fantastical diction

c)

paradox

d)

metaphor

51.

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

a)

When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

b)

It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

c)

After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

d)

Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

52.
An illustrator draws a picture of darkness around the main character. The darkness represents a problem that the character may be facing. What could this problem be?
a)
night
b)
calm
c)
death
d)
freedom
53.
What is a cliche?
a)
A reference to another piece of work
b)
The key point or focus of the work
c)
A word or phrase that is lifeless due to overuse
d)
A brief story told to illustrate a point
54.
What term indicates a character that is multi-dimensional?
a)
Diction
b)
Simile
c)
Static Character
d)
Complex Character
55.
What is rhetoric?
a)
Language intended to influence
b)
Vivid descriptive language
c)
The literal meaning of a word
d)
The speaker's choice of words
56.
What is evidence?
a)
The reason why something happens in the story
b)
The result of action in the story
c)
Proof using specific examples from the text
d)
A brief story that illustrates a point
57.
What term refers to a story in which characters, settings or events stand for other people, events or qualities?
a)
Analogy
b)
Loaded Words
c)
Allegory
d)
Parallelism
58.
I could sleep for an hour.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a hyperbole
59.
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a Hyperbole
60.
I am so hungry I could eat a slice of pie.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a Hyperbole
61.
Lisa's mouth is as big as Texas.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a hyperbole
62.

______________________ is a term that describes the repetition of a word for emphasis. (William Shakespeare was a particular master.)

a)

Epithalamium

b)

Headless Line

c)

Epizeuxis

d)

Eye Ryme

63.

A celebratory marriage poem is known as an ________________.

a)

epizeuxis

b)

epithalamium

c)

headless line

d)

eye rhyme

64.

Two words that look similar but sound different make an ___________________________.

Examples: laughter and daughter, come and home, ocean and man.

a)

epizeuxis

b)

epithalamium

c)

eye rhyme

d)

headless line

65.

When a line is one syllable short of the usual pattern and that syllable is missing from the beginning of the first foot of the line, the result is a _____________________.

a)

headless line

b)

rove-over

c)

hyperbaton

d)

macaronic

66.

A _________________ happens when a metrical foot begins at the end of one line and ends on the following line.

a)

headless line

b)

rove-over

c)

hyperbaton

d)

macaronic

67.

An inversion of the normal order of words, especially for the sake of emphasis, as in the sentence: “this I must see..." is known as _______________________.

a)

headless line

b)

rove-over

c)

hyperbaton

d)

macaronic

68.

___________________is a type of poetry that intermingles languages.

a)

Macaronic

b)

Hyperbaton

c)

Rove-over

d)

Headless Line

69.

__________________ describes the repetition of the same word—and also of words related etymologically—in different senses or cases or voices. T.S. Eliot used it in “The Dry Salvages”: “No end to the withering of withered flowers” and “Only the hardly, barely prayable / Prayer of the one Annunciation.” John Lennon and Paul McCartney gave it a try too: “Please Please Me.”

a)

Rove-over

b)

Headless Line

c)

Anacrusis

d)

Polyptoton

70.

_____________ refers to a narrative that starts at the beginning of the plot, and then moves chronologically through a sequence of events to the tale's conclusion.

a)

Ab Ovo

b)

In Medias res

c)

Deus ex Machina

d)

Hamartia

71.
A unified group of lines in poetry.  Often marked by spacing between sections of the poem. 
a)
alliteration
b)
verse
c)
stanza
d)
diction
72.
The author’s specific word choice.
a)
diction
b)
enjambment
c)
consonance
d)
onomatopoeia
73.
An example of this is: “Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly.”
a)
assonance
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
alliteration
74.
An example of this is: “My heart’s a stereo.”
a)
metaphor
b)
ballad
c)
simile
d)
theme
75.
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
a)
verse
b)
consonance
c)
enjambment
d)
diction
76.

using words or language in a way that is different from the literal meaning

a)

figurative

b)

literal

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

end rhyme

77.

involving the ordinary or usual meaning of words

a)

literal

b)

figurative

c)

enjambment

d)

quatrain

78.

an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

a)

iamb

b)

alliteration

c)

end rhyme

d)

metaphor

79.
humorous play on words.
a)
pun
b)
soliloquy
c)
monologue
d)
foil
80.
Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
a)
Assonance
b)
Fairy Tale
c)
Abstract
d)
Concrete
81.
A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain
a)
Sonnet
b)
Ballad
c)
Bard
d)
Villanelle
82.
A figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or the whole is used to designate a part. For example, the phrase “all hands on deck” means “all men on deck,” not just their hands.
a)
Idiom
b)
Iambic Pentameter
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Epigram
83.
The shorter final stanza of a poem
a)
Envoi
b)
Couplet
c)
Denouement
d)
Finale
84.
A short Japanese poem that is similar to a haiku in structure but treats human beings rather than nature, often in a humorous or satiric way.
a)
Haiku
b)
Senryu
c)
Tanka
d)
Trochee
85.
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
a)
Blank Verse
b)
Canzone
c)
Anaphora
d)
Caesura
86.
Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea.
a)
Monologue
b)
Ballad
c)
Conceit
d)
Apostrophe
87.
A figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other. An example is “To err is human, to forgive, divine.” (Alexander Pope)
a)
Anaphora
b)
Alliteration
c)
Anapest
d)
Antithesis
88.
A line of poetry that has six metrical feet.
a)
Hexameter
b)
Pentameter
c)
Heptameter
d)
Octave
89.
"Those girls are like two peas in a pod," is an example of:
a)
simile.
b)
metaphor.
c)
onomatopoeia.
d)
assonance.
90.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeic word.
"Ian was pleased when he heard the new pencil sharpener hum efficiently."
a)
Ian
b)
efficiently
c)
hum
d)
pencil sharpener
91.
Para-rhyme or half rhyme is...
a)
when end-rhyme vowel sounds are similar, rather than rhyming perfectly.
b)
when words at the ends of lines do not fit the rhyme scheme at all.
c)
when words only rhyme if said in the poet's particular accent.
d)
when a rhyme scheme only continues for half of a poem.
92.
If a writer uses the weather or nature to mirror and enhance the mood of the character, s/he is using...
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Symbol
c)
Pathetic fallacy
d)
Sensory detail
93.
The metaphysical poets were famous for their use of this unusual and imaginative comparison between two highly different items.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Conceit
c)
Irony
d)
Blazon
94.
A series of harsh sounds can be called...
a)
verbose
b)
juxtaposition
c)
vivid
d)
cacophony
95.
Ambiguity describes...
a)
a deliberate method by a writer to make more than one meaning possible in a text.
b)
a feeling of dissatisfaction when a poem finishes.
c)
an unfinished poem.
d)
an uncertain treatment of a character that makes the reader unsure of them.
96.
Another word for a chorus in a poem.
a)
quatrain.
b)
repetition.
c)
refrain.
d)
octave.
97.
placing two or more things side by side to emphasize the link or contrast
a)
corroborate
b)
juxtaposition
c)
transpire
d)
obstinate
98.
Diction is a formal term for...
a)
the writer’s specific word choice.
b)
a word that sounds like what it means.
c)
a single line of poetry.
d)
an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
99.

Words spoken by the characters in a story

a)

dialogue

b)

drama

c)

stage directions

d)

setting

100.

What do you call the written version of a play?

a)

script

b)

stage direction

c)

dialogue

d)

playwright

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