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English 1 Elements of Literature Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Characters are

a)

the people or animals that drive the action of the story

b)

the time and place in which a story happens

c)

when an author makes a comparison

d)

when something stands for something larger than itself

2.

The clues an author gives about a character through the characters' dress, mannerisms, actions, and attitudes are called

a)

protagonist

b)

setting

c)

characterization

d)

dialogue

3.

The time and place in which a story happens is called what?

a)

the metaphor

b)

the setting

c)

the symbol

d)

the simile

4.

Spoken words in a story are called what?

a)

developments

b)

derailment

c)

diameter

d)

dialogue

5.

This type of language is what an author uses to evoke the readers' feelings or senses of smell, taste, or touch.

a)

sinister language

b)

indirect language

c)

figurative language

d)

direct language

6.

The main idea that runs through a story is the story's what?

a)

theme

b)

point

c)

dialogue

d)

setting

7.

What is a simile?

a)

the way an author describes characters

b)

something that stands for something larger than itself

c)

When an author makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

d)

When an author makes a comparison without using the words "like" or "as"

8.

What is personification?

a)

when an author gives a nonhuman human characteristics

b)

when an author gives animal characteristics to a human character

c)

when a character speaks to another character

d)

when a character gets stuck in the past tense

9.

What kind of narrator sees all?

a)

fancy narrator

b)

unreliable narrator

c)

omniscient narrator

d)

first person narrator

10.

What is the opposite of an antagonist?

a)

personification

b)

protagonist

c)

people

d)

symbol

11.

The main character or hero of the story is called what?

a)

a protagonist

b)

an antagonist

c)

a symbol

d)

a personification

12.

Who is the character who fights against the hero, like a villain?

a)

zoomorphism

b)

personification

c)

protagonist

d)

antagonist

13.

What type of conflict happens within a character's heart and soul?

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

c)

inward conflict

d)

outward conflict

14.

What type of conflict happens between a character and something outside of him/her/itself?

a)

internal conflict

b)

innate conflict

c)

external conflict

d)

outward conflict

15.

What is a symbol?

a)

a type of character that is a villain

b)

something that stands for something other than itself

c)

the time and place in which a story happens

d)

the attitude a writer has toward his/her subject

16.

What is it called when the opposite of what you expect to happen happens?

a)

subtlety

b)

mockery

c)

ideology

d)

irony

17.

What is the opposite of personification?

a)

myopic

b)

zoomorphism

c)

animaltronic

d)

robotic

18.

What is it called when an author gives animal traits to a human character?

a)

personification

b)

identification

c)

myopia

d)

zoomorphism