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Literary Terms

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the author shows/tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

a)

Characterization

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Allusion

2.

A reference within a work to something famous outside it, such as a well-known person, place, event, story, or work of art, literature, music, pop culture.

a)

Mood

b)

Theme

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

3.

The climate of feeling in a literary work; a feeling that a literary work conveys to readers revealed through diction, setting, and character actions.

a)

Mood

b)

Conflict

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

4.

A comparison between two things that have something in common without using like or as.

a)

Simile

b)

Diction

c)

Idiom

d)

Metaphor

5.

A comparison of two things that have some quality in common; includes like or as.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Symbolism

c)

Theme

d)

Simile

6.

A gross exaggeration; describing a situation or event by making it more than it really is; used to evoke feelings or make a point.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Mood

7.

A whole phrase with an implied alternate meaning.

a)

Idiom

b)

Personification

c)

Theme

d)

Diction

8.
Climax means... 
a)
an extreme event in a story
b)
the reader's favorite passage of a story
c)
 the culminating event or moment in a story--the "point of no return"
d)
the end of the rising action in a story
9.
Foreshadowing means...
a)
the message of a piece of literature
b)
the beginning events of a story
c)
a comparison between two things
d)
hints and information the author gives about an event before it happens
10.
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
11.
Setting means... 
a)
the mood of the story
b)
the location where the author sets the story
c)
the time when the author sets the story 
d)
the environment of a story, including primarily time and location
12.
 An example of a simile is... 
a)
It's raining cats and dogs.
b)
The noise was a stormy ocean, crashing violently on the shore. 
c)
If the shoe fits, wear it.
d)
The noise was like a stormy ocean, crashing violently on the shore.
13.

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

a)

setting

b)

theme

c)

plot

d)

mood

14.
Why characters do or say what they do.
a)
motivation
b)
foreshadowing
c)
flashback
d)
tone
15.
A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.
a)
Plot
b)
Summary
c)
Central Idea
d)
Theme
16.

how the story ends; how the conflict is resolved

a)

genre

b)

plot

c)

introduction

d)

resolution

17.

the beginning of the story where characters, setting, and problem are introduced

a)

exposition

b)

conflict

c)

climax

d)

resolution

18.

An angry Prince Escalus addresses the brawling citizens of Verona: "Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel, Where are the vile beginners of this fray?"

This is an example of...

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

theme

d)

allusion

19.

In act 1, when Romeo and Benvolio are talking, and Romeo is complaining that Rosaline does not return his love. According to Romeo: "She'll not be hit with Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit" (I, i).

This is an example of...

a)

character foil

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

allusion

20.

This is an example of...

a)

allusion

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

protagonist

21.
This is the sequencial order of the PLOT
a)
Exposition, Conflict, Climax and Resolution
b)
Conflict, Exposition, Climax and Resolution
c)
Resolution, Exposition, Conflict and Climax
d)
Exposition, Conflict, Resolution and Climax
22.
The Flashback is: 
a)
An earlier episode inserted in a sequence of events
b)
Clues for future events as long as the story advances
c)
Clues for past events as long as the story develpos itself
23.

Person (or thing) opposing (against) the hero of the work.

a)

antagonist

b)

protagonist

c)

internal conflict

d)

fiction

24.

The series of conflicts which build toward a climax.

a)

protagonist

b)

fiction

c)

rising action

d)

theme

25.

The main character or hero of the story.

a)

theme

b)

antagonist

c)

protagonist

d)

resolution

26.

What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?

a)

resolution

b)

rising action

c)

falling action

d)

exposition

27.

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

28.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
29.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
30.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
31.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
exposition
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
32.
The written text of a drama. Made up of dialogue and stage directions. 
a)
Script
b)
Characters 
c)
Drama
d)
Tragedy
33.
A section of uninterrupted action in the act of a drama. 
a)
Scene
b)
Climax
c)
Tragedy
d)
Drama
34.
The spoken words of the characters. What am I?
a)
Lines
b)
Stage directions
c)
Characters
d)
Acts
35.
A larger drama is divided into these sections.  I am bigger than a scene.  What am I?
a)
Stage directions
b)
Dialogue
c)
Props
d)
Acts
36.
Dialogue is
a)
a conversation between/amongst characters
b)
a verb
c)
when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
d)
boring

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