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9th Grade Lit Terms

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Time, day, or place of a story

a)

conflict

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

falling action

2.

The struggle between opposing forces

a)

conflict

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

falling action

3.

Action occurring after the climax to the tie up loose ends

a)

symbol

b)

falling action

c)

setting

d)

theme

4.

A person, place, object, or idea that represents something other than itself

a)

theme

b)

setting

c)

falling action

d)

symbol

5.

The main idea or message in a literary work

a)

flashback

b)

simile

c)

inference

d)

theme

6.

The highest point of interest or action / turning point

a)

climax

b)

rising action

c)

plot

d)

exposition

7.

An episode or event that occurred in the past

a)

flashback

b)

exposition

c)

plot

d)

rising action

8.

The events that lead up to the climax

a)

allusion

b)

rising action

c)

point of view

d)

antagonist

9.

Gives background information that is necessary to understand what is going on

a)

protagonist

b)

inference

c)

exposition

d)

metaphor

10.

The chain of related events that takes place in a story

a)

conflict

b)

plot

c)

point of view

d)

antagonist

11.

A reference to another piece of literature or historical event

a)

simile

b)

resolution

c)

point of view

d)

allusion

12.

The opposing force who is against the main character

a)

theme

b)

settting

c)

point of view

d)

antagonist

13.

The perspective in which the story is told

a)

point of view

b)

allusion

c)

flashback

d)

exposition

14.

The final reflection and end of a story

a)

climax

b)

inference

c)

foreshadowing

d)

resolution

15.

A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

a)

symbol

b)

simile

c)

antagonist

d)

allusion

16.

An assumption made due to the info read in the text

a)

inference

b)

metaphor

c)

foreshadowing

d)

simile

17.

Main character in a story

a)

protagonist

b)

inference

c)

foreshadowing

d)

metaphor

18.

A comparison between two things

a)

foreshadowing

b)

metaphor

c)

inference

d)

protagonist

19.

A hint or clue as to what will happen later in the story

a)

plot

b)

rising action

c)

symbol

d)

foreshadowing