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Literary Terms for MidTerm

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.

a)

Symbolism

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Euphemism

2.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
The wind is like a knife.
b)
The knife jumped out of my hands.
c)
The wind is a knife.
3.
Which is an example of a metaphor?
a)
The snow is a white blanket.
b)
The snow is like a white blanket.
c)
Time is greater than money.
4.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

hyperbole

d)

rhetoric

5.
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze. 
a)
parody 
b)
free verse
c)
symbol 
d)
personification
6.
This quiz is a breeze. 
a)
simile
b)
parody 
c)
metaphor
d)
diction
7.

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.

a)

irony

b)

flashback

c)

foreshadowing

d)

theme

8.

Writing that uses like or as to compare two unlike things

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

compare/contrast

d)

alliteration

9.

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?

a)

direct characterization

b)

indirect characterization

c)

character traits

d)

character motives

10.

Which word means: A writer makes direct statements about a character?

a)

direct characterization

b)

indirect characterization

c)

character traits

d)

character motives

11.
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
a)
Pathetic fallacy
b)
Symbolism
c)
Allegory
d)
Personifcation
12.

When a character speaks their thoughts aloud when by themselves on stage (to share his thoughts with the audience)

a)

prologue

b)

dialogue

c)

monologue

d)

soliloquy

13.

The underlying message in literature or film that presents a universal lesson or topic about humanity and life

a)

metaphor

b)

symbol

c)

theme

d)

exposition

14.

a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience

a)

aside

b)

soliliquy

c)

chorus

d)

tragic remark

15.
Tone means...
a)
 the feel of a story
b)
the attitude of the writer toward his or her subject(s)
c)
the pitch of a noise
d)
the personal opinions of the author
16.
An allegory is...
a)
...a story that represents something beyond itself.
b)
...when the characters or story represent historical events.
c)
...represent abstract or moral ideas.
d)
...All of the above.
17.
Which point of view allows the reader to find out what all of the characters do, know, think, and witness?
a)
First Person
b)
Third Person Limited
c)
Third Person Omniscient
d)
None of the above
18.
Which point of view uses pronouns like “I”, “we”, “my”?
a)
First Person
b)
Third Person Limited
c)
Third Person Omniscient
d)
None of the above