WorksheetsLiterary Terms for MidTerm
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 42mins
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Euphemism
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
connotation
denotation
hyperbole
rhetoric
Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.
irony
flashback
foreshadowing
theme
Writing that uses like or as to compare two unlike things
simile
personification
compare/contrast
alliteration
Which word means: A writer suggests information through a character's thoughts, words, and actions as well as what other characters say and think about the character?
direct characterization
indirect characterization
character traits
character motives
Which word means: A writer makes direct statements about a character?
direct characterization
indirect characterization
character traits
character motives
When a character speaks their thoughts aloud when by themselves on stage (to share his thoughts with the audience)
prologue
dialogue
monologue
soliloquy
The underlying message in literature or film that presents a universal lesson or topic about humanity and life
metaphor
symbol
theme
exposition
a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience
aside
soliliquy
chorus
tragic remark
