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WorksheetsLiterary Terms V Practice
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
alliteration
autobiography
allusion
dialect
All are types of conflict except
character vs. self
character vs. problem
character vs. society
character vs. fate
The part of the story where the action slows and events are revealed to the reader
plot
falling action
fable
rising action
Type of literature that assigns dialogue to each character
dialect
drama
dialogue
fable
A variation of language spoken by a particular group or by many people within a geographic region
figurative language
fiction
dialogue
dialect
A short simple story set in the past that teaches a moral and uses animal characters
Folktale
Fable
Fiction
Drama
Conversation between two or more characters
Dialect
Figurative Language
Dialogue
Drama
Comes from the author's imagination
Fiction
Folktale
Flashback
Falling Action
Language that does not mean what it says.
Drama
Flashback
Figurative Language
Dialogue
An interruption in a chronological narrative that shows events that occurred earlier than those in a story
Folktale
Falling action
Fiction
Flashback
A traditional story set int he past that is passed down orally and uses animal and superhuman characters
Fable
Fiction
Folktale
Biography
The story of a person's life written by that person
Autobiography
Biography
Character
Allusion
A reference in a work of literature to another work of literature, pop culture, history, work of art, or music
Author
Alliteration
Allusion
Characterization
The use of hints or clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen in the story
foreshadowing
fiction
flashback
hyperbole
Poetry with not set pattern of rhyme
Free Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Folktale
Imagery
All types of literature including fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, fable, myth, etc.
Fable
Genre
Conflict
Irony
Exaggerations to express emotion, make a point, or create humor
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Language that emphasizes the senses; hearing, seeing, tasting, etc.
Figurative Language
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
A contrast between what is and what ought to be
Irony
Metaphor
Narrator
Paradox
Situational Irony
When the outcome is different from what someone has come to expect
exists when a person says one thing but means another
occurs when the reader knows something the character does not
compares two seemingly unlike things
Exists when a person says one thing but means another
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Dramatic Irony
exists when the outcome is different from what was expected
exists when a person says one thing but means another
occurs when the reader knows something the character does not
A story that is based on the HISTORY of or the NATION of a people
Legend
Myth
Mood
Folktake
Compares two seemingly unlike things
Simile
Irony
Metaphor
Dialect
Mood
the author's attitude towards a character or subject
the emotional affect a story has on the reader
occurs when the reader knows something the character does not
language that emphasizes these senses: hearing, seeing, tasting, etc
A type of story that explains a religious belief or ritual
fable
folktake
sci-fi
myth
The person telling the story
Narrator
Protagonist
Antagonist
Legend
Person who is telling the story
Narrator
Navigator
Legend
Motif
Writing based on FACTS
Nonfiction
Fiction
Myth
Metaphor
Sound words in literature
Personification
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Any person, thing, or situation exhibition an apparently contradictory nature; an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
Point of View
Paradox
Pandora
Protagonist
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
Paradox
Point of View
Protagonist
Personification
A sequence of events in a story
Point of View
Plot
Paradox
Protagonist
The relationship of the narrator to the story
Point of View
Plot
Paradox
Protagonist
When the story is told by a character within the story
First person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
When the narrator is outside of the story and know the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
When the narrator is outside of the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of every character.
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
The central character in a story that is surrounded by conflict and is opposed by the antagonist.
Antagonist
Protagonist
Paradox
Point of View
A line repeated regularly in a poem or song
Refrain
Motif
Metaphor
Simille
The reoccurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzas in a piece of writing.
Repetition
Refrain
Motif
Setting
Time and place of a story
paradox
sci-fi
high noon
setting
A type of literature that takes place in different dimensions of time and space and is based on scientific hypothesis and discoveries
legend
nonfiction
sci-fi
myth
The AUTHOR'S attitude toward a subject or character in a story
tone
mood
author's purpose
paradox
A repeated idea or phrase with a text
repetition
alliteration
motif
onomatopoeia
Anything that stands for something else by association
Baby Shark...do...do...do
symbol
character
motif
The life lesson taught in the story
theme
mood
tone
motif
The part of the plot that builds conflict and suspense
rising action
falling action
exposition
climax
Includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
Character
Plot
Resolution
Exposition
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
Ex. This quiz is as easy as pie
metaphor
personification
simile
apple
A standard deviation in poetry - the little paragraphs in a poem
Saltine
Stanza
Symbol
Situational Irony
