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literary terms 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Expository Writing

a)

The type of writing whose purpose is to provide information or explain

b)

author uses details to paint a picture with their words

c)

writing that has a story, characters, conflict, and other essential parts of a story.

d)

nonfiction writing that encourages careful word choice, the development of logical arguments,

2.

Figurative Language

a)

The technique of disrupting the chronological flow of a narrative by interjecting events that have occurred at an earlier time.

b)

The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative or a drama

c)

a way to engage your readers, taking them through your writing with a more creative tone

d)

The smoothness and ease with which and individual speaks, writes, or reads

3.

Flashback

a)

The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative or a drama

b)

The technique of disrupting the chronological flow of a narrative by interjecting events that have occurred at an earlier time.

4.

Fluency

a)

The smoothness and ease with which and individual speaks, writes, or reads

b)

The repetition of initial sounds

c)

Used to convince others to agree with your claim or viewpoint when they have doubts or disagree

d)

The figure of speech that is an overstatement, an exaggeration

5.

Foreshadowing

a)

The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative or a drama

b)

The technique of disrupting the chronological flow of a narrative by interjecting events that have occurred at an earlier time.

6.

Genre

a)

A comparison between two things

b)

a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.

c)

words with the same spelling but are said and mean different

d)

category of literature

7.

Homograph

a)

Words said the same, but different meaning and spelling

b)

Words with the same spelling but are said and mean different

c)

The figure of speech that is an overstatement, an exaggeration

d)

Words said the same, but different meaning and spelling

8.

Homonym

a)

words with the same spelling but are said and mean different

b)

words said the same, but different meaning and spelling

c)

words with the same spelling but different meaning

d)

The figure of speech that is an overstatement, an exaggeration

9.

Homophone

a)

words with the same spelling but are said and mean different

b)

words with the same spelling but different meaning

c)

words said the same, but different meaning and spelling

d)

The figure of speech that is an overstatement, an exaggeration

10.

Hyperbole

a)

the figure of speech that is an overstatement, an exaggeration

b)

words said the same, but different meaning and spelling

c)

words with the same spelling but different meaning

d)

words with the same spelling but are said and mean different