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Literary Terms V Practice

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds

a)

alliteration

b)

autobiography

c)

allusion

d)

dialect

2.

All are types of conflict except

a)

character vs. self

b)

character vs. problem

c)

character vs. society

d)

character vs. fate

3.

The part of the story where the action slows and events are revealed to the reader

a)

plot

b)

falling action

c)

fable

d)

rising action

4.

Type of literature that assigns dialogue to each character

a)

dialect

b)

drama

c)

dialogue

d)

fable

5.

A variation of language spoken by a particular group or by many people within a geographic region

a)

figurative language

b)

fiction

c)

dialogue

d)

dialect

6.

A short simple story set in the past that teaches a moral and uses animal characters

a)

Folktale

b)

Fable

c)

Fiction

d)

Drama

7.

Conversation between two or more characters

a)

Dialect

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Dialogue

d)

Drama

8.

Comes from the author's imagination

a)

Fiction

b)

Folktale

c)

Flashback

d)

Falling Action

9.

Language that does not mean what it says.

a)

Drama

b)

Flashback

c)

Figurative Language

d)

Dialogue

10.

An interruption in a chronological narrative that shows events that occurred earlier than those in a story

a)

Folktale

b)

Falling action

c)

Fiction

d)

Flashback

11.

A traditional story set int he past that is passed down orally and uses animal and superhuman characters

a)

Fable

b)

Fiction

c)

Folktale

d)

Biography

12.

The story of a person's life written by that person

a)

Autobiography

b)

Biography

c)

Character

d)

Allusion

13.

A reference in a work of literature to another work of literature, pop culture, history, work of art, or music

a)

Author

b)

Alliteration

c)

Allusion

d)

Characterization

14.

The use of hints or clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen in the story

a)

foreshadowing

b)

fiction

c)

flashback

d)

hyperbole

15.

Poetry with not set pattern of rhyme

a)

Free Verse

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Folktale

d)

Imagery

16.

All types of literature including fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, fable, myth, etc.

a)

Fable

b)

Genre

c)

Conflict

d)

Irony

17.

Exaggerations to express emotion, make a point, or create humor

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

18.

Language that emphasizes the senses; hearing, seeing, tasting, etc.

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

19.

A contrast between what is and what ought to be

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Narrator

d)

Paradox

20.

Situational Irony

a)

When the outcome is different from what someone has come to expect

b)

exists when a person says one thing but means another

c)

occurs when the reader knows something the character does not

d)

compares two seemingly unlike things

21.

Exists when a person says one thing but means another

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

22.

Dramatic Irony

a)

exists when the outcome is different from what was expected

b)

exists when a person says one thing but means another

c)

occurs when the reader knows something the character does not

23.

A story that is based on the HISTORY of or the NATION of a people

a)

Legend

b)

Myth

c)

Mood

d)

Folktake

24.

Compares two seemingly unlike things

a)

Simile

b)

Irony

c)

Metaphor

d)

Dialect

25.

Mood

a)

the author's attitude towards a character or subject

b)

the emotional affect a story has on the reader

c)

occurs when the reader knows something the character does not

d)

language that emphasizes these senses: hearing, seeing, tasting, etc

26.

A type of story that explains a religious belief or ritual

a)

fable

b)

folktake

c)

sci-fi

d)

myth

27.

The person telling the story

a)

Narrator

b)

Protagonist

c)

Antagonist

d)

Legend

28.

Person who is telling the story

a)

Narrator

b)

Navigator

c)

Legend

d)

Motif

29.

Writing based on FACTS

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Fiction

c)

Myth

d)

Metaphor

30.

Sound words in literature

a)

Personification

b)

Mood

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Repetition

31.

Any person, thing, or situation exhibition an apparently contradictory nature; an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.

a)

Point of View

b)

Paradox

c)

Pandora

d)

Protagonist

32.

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

Paradox

b)

Point of View

c)

Protagonist

d)

Personification

33.

A sequence of events in a story

a)

Point of View

b)

Plot

c)

Paradox

d)

Protagonist

34.

The relationship of the narrator to the story

a)

Point of View

b)

Plot

c)

Paradox

d)

Protagonist

35.

When the story is told by a character within the story

a)

First person

b)

Third Person Limited

c)

Third Person Omniscient

36.

When the narrator is outside of the story and know the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character

a)

First Person

b)

Third Person Limited

c)

Third Person Omniscient

37.

When the narrator is outside of the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of every character. 

a)

First Person

b)

Third Person Limited

c)

Third Person Omniscient

38.

The central character in a story that is surrounded by conflict and is opposed by the antagonist.

a)

Antagonist

b)

Protagonist

c)

Paradox

d)

Point of View

39.

A line repeated regularly in a poem or song

a)

Refrain

b)

Motif

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simille

40.

The reoccurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzas in a piece of writing.

a)

Repetition

b)

Refrain

c)

Motif

d)

Setting

41.

Time and place of a story

a)

paradox

b)

sci-fi

c)

high noon

d)

setting

42.

A type of literature that takes place in different dimensions of time and space and is based on scientific hypothesis and discoveries

a)

legend

b)

nonfiction

c)

sci-fi

d)

myth

43.

The AUTHOR'S attitude toward a subject or character in a story

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

author's purpose

d)

paradox

44.

A repeated idea or phrase with a text

a)

repetition

b)

alliteration

c)

motif

d)

onomatopoeia

45.

Anything that stands for something else by association

a)

Baby Shark...do...do...do

b)

symbol

c)

character

d)

motif

46.

The life lesson taught in the story

a)

theme

b)

mood

c)

tone

d)

motif

47.

The part of the plot that builds conflict and suspense

a)

rising action

b)

falling action

c)

exposition

d)

climax

48.

Includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

a)

Character

b)

Plot

c)

Resolution

d)

Exposition

49.

Compares two things using "like" or "as"

Ex. This quiz is as easy as pie

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

apple

50.

A standard deviation in poetry - the little paragraphs in a poem

a)

Saltine

b)

Stanza

c)

Symbol

d)

Situational Irony