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Big Fat Terminology Quiz HL

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper pickled? And what type of sound is used primarily here?

a)

Fricative

b)

Expletive

c)

Explosive

d)

Plosive

2.

Characterization is defined as

a)

An important decision a character makes

b)

The arrangement of event in the story

c)

The order people show up in the story

d)

The words, thoughts, and actions of the characters

3.

hyperbole

a)

generalization

b)

exaggeration

c)

direct quote

d)

how do you say that again?

4.

tone

a)

the feeling the reader gets

b)

author's attitude toward the subject

c)

the reader's attitude about the story

d)

mood, tone, whatever

5.

allusion

a)

an descriptive image

b)

an imaginary image

c)

indirect reference to history, literature, culture

d)

something illusory/magical

6.

mood

a)

the atmosphere created to give the reader a certain feeling

b)

the attitude of the author

c)

a mesh of emotions from the author and reader

d)

how funny a story is

7.

Which is an example of a simile?

a)

His room was a mess.

b)

His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

c)

A hurricane! AHHH!

d)

The hurricane screamed through the town.

8.

How many novels have you had to read for HL Literature?

a)

3

b)

11

c)

4

d)

5

9.
Giving human characteristics to objects and phenomena.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
10.
The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stresses syllable.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
oxymoron
d)
pun
11.
A phrase which contains words that seem to contradict one another.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
oxymoron
d)
pun
12.
The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
pun
13.
The setting is ... in which the story takes place.
a)
the time
b)
the place
c)
the time and the place
d)
the climax event
14.
Which kind of narrator is recounting the story? "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..."
a)
first-person
b)
second-person
c)
third-person
d)
limited
15.

Narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one

a)

Third Person Omniscent

b)

Dynamic Character

c)

Second Person

d)

Third Person Limited

16.

When a less harsh term is substituted for another

a)

Euphemism

b)

Synedoche

c)

Metonymy

d)

Hamartia

17.

Giving human form or behavior to a nonhuman or diety

a)

Hamartia

b)

Cacophony

c)

Anthropomorphism

d)

Personification

18.

A metaphor that is introduced and then carried throughout all or part of a literary work

a)

Extended Metaphor

b)

Metaphor

c)

Cacophany

d)

Allegory

19.

A character who undergoes little or no emotional change in a story

a)

Doppelganger

b)

Personification

c)

Dynamic Character

d)

Static Character

20.

The practice of using a less formal word that is linked to the original

a)

Euphemism

b)

Metonymy

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Hamartia

21.

Using a part of something to refer to the whole

a)

Allusion

b)

Hamartia

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Direct Characterization

22.

When a novel has 2 meanings: a literal meaning and a hidden message/ moral meaning

a)

Allusion

b)

Theme

c)

Cacophony

d)

Allegory

23.

A character goes through a big change or realization

a)

Static Charcacter

b)

Characterization

c)

Dynamic Character

d)

Direct Characterization

24.

Use of words and phrases to imply harsh sounds

a)

Hamartia

b)

Allusion

c)

Cacophony

d)

Motif

25.

Personality of a character is revealed through speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions

a)

Indirect Characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Second Person

d)

Doppelganger

26.

Tragic flaw or error that reverses a protagonists fortune from good to bad

a)

Breaking The 4th Wall

b)

Metonymy

c)

Motif

d)

Hamartia

27.

When the writer tells the audience what the personality

of the character is

a)

Indirect Characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Characterization

d)

Third Person

28.

A symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story; can be symbols, sounds, actions, ideas, or words

a)

Myth

b)

Motif

c)

Hamartia

d)

Metonymy

29.

Narrator shows the thoughts and feelings of all

a)

Third Person Limited

b)

Third Person Omniscent

c)

First Person

d)

Second Person

30.

A point of view using "you"

a)

First Person

b)

Third Person

c)

Characterization

d)

Second Person

31.
The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. May involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.
a)
figurative
b)
denotative
c)
exposition
d)
connotative
32.
What tells the reader the background of the story, including characters, setting, etc.?
a)
exposition
b)
apology
c)
resolution
d)
climax
33.
What is a story within a story that provides background and context info?
a)
exposition
b)
frame narrative
c)
in media res
d)
deus ex machina
34.
When the author begins a text in the midst of action to get the reader's interest. Beginning "in the middle of things". 
a)
deus ex machina
b)
exposition
c)
frame narrative
d)
in media res
35.
What is the height of conflict and intrigue in a narrative in which nothing will ever be the same again?
a)
denouement
b)
climax
c)
deus ex machina
d)
resolution
36.
What is when a character, event, or device is suddenly brought into the text to resolve the conflict?
a)
deus ex machina
b)
denouement
c)
 climax
d)
in media res
37.
What is a novel that depicts an individual's coming-of-age through self-discovery and personal knowledge?
a)
deus ex machina
b)
epistolary
c)
bildungsroman
d)
novella
38.
What is a novel comprised primarily of letters sent and received?
a)
epistolary
b)
bildungsroman
c)
novella
d)
essay
39.
What is the style of writing that ridicules or mocks a person, group of people, or belief in order to challenge them? It often involves sarcasm, irony, or exaggeration.
a)
bildungsroman
b)
stream of consciousness
c)
conflict
d)
satire
40.
What mode of writing traces the authors thoughts verbatim into the text? 
a)
parody
b)
stream of consciousness
c)
satire
d)
novella
41.
What is called when the importance of a work generally represents the human experience, regardless of culture or time period?
a)
satire
b)
extended metaphor
c)
universal significance
d)
cultural significance
42.

What is a narrative work that mocks or mimes another genre or work?

a)

parody

b)

allegory

c)

extended metaphor

d)

conflict

43.

What is Dramatic Irony

a)

When one thing is expected and the opposite happens

b)

When, we, the readers know what is going to happen but the characters do not.

c)

When one thing is said but the opposite is meant

d)

Sarcasm

44.

Verbal Irony is:

a)

One thing is expected and the opposite happens

b)

One thing is said but the opposite is true

c)

Sarcasm

d)

When the reader knows something that the characters do not know.

45.
A robbery at a police station would be an example of which type of irony? 
a)
Verbal
b)
Dramatic
c)
Situational
d)
None of the Above
46.

Subplot

a)

a secondary plot that is of less importance to the overall story but may serve as a point of contrast or comparison to the main plot

b)

An author's individual way of using language to reflect his or her own personality and attitudes. An author communicates voice through tone, diction, and syntax.

c)

A recurring idea, structure, contrast, or device that develops or informs that major themes of a work of literature

d)

The arrangement of events within a story, including the sequence in which they are told, the emphasis given, and the connections between events

47.

Identify the correct spelling

a)

simile

b)

similie

c)

similey

d)

simileye

48.

What was Ms. Aoife's favorite text in the course?

a)

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

b)

Never Let Me Go

c)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

d)

A Streetcar Named Desire

49.

Who will Ms. Aoife miss the most?

a)

Lit HL

b)

Lit SL

c)

Abder

d)

All of you! :(

50.

What was Ms. Aoife's least favorite text to teach in the course?

a)

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

b)

Frankenstein

c)

Carol ann Duffy's poetry

d)

All My Sons

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