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Literary Terms

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place.
a)
mood
b)
external conflict
c)
setting
d)
plot
2.
Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a sense of a character's personality to the reader.
a)
Setting
b)
Characterization
c)
Personalization
d)
Flashback
3.

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

4.
When an author interrupts the chronological sequence of a story by inserting past events. 
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
c)
flashshadowing
d)
foreback
5.
writing that uses like or as to compare two unlike things
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
compare/contrast
d)
alliteration
6.
the moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
description
7.
the arrangements of events in a story
a)
climax
b)
point of view
c)
plot
d)
narrative
8.
writing that compares to unlike things but does not use like or as
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
resolution
d)
character development
9.
writing in which an inanimate object or an abstract idea is given human characteristics
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
setting
d)
theme
10.
can be verbal, situational, or dramatic and has the result of the meaning, situation or action being one thing but meaning something different.
a)
satire
b)
metaphor
c)
parody
d)
irony
11.
how the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon the types of words chosen.
a)
tone
b)
symbol
c)
theme
d)
satire
12.
how the reader feels about the story.
a)
theme
b)
allusion
c)
mood
d)
climax
13.
an intentional reference to another literary work or piece of art that the reader should understand in order to make connections.
a)
climax
b)
allusion
c)
subplot
d)
hyperbole
14.
a word that describes words that represent sounds.
a)
setting
b)
onomatopeoia
c)
symbol
d)
genre
15.
a writer’s vivid description that help readers visualize.
a)
irony
b)
imagery
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
16.
A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.
a)
Plot
b)
Summary
c)
Central Idea
d)
Theme
17.
A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true.
a)
Monologue
b)
Paradox
c)
Foil
d)
Dialogue
18.
An archetype is:
a)
A basic plot, character, symbol, or idea that recurs in the literature of many cultures
b)
A dynamic character that plays a major role in many different stories
c)
A tradition of passing down stories by word-of-mouth
d)
The main character of a work of literature
19.

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

a)

Characterization

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Allusion

20.

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

a)

Symbolism

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Euphemism

21.

When the reader knows something the characters do not.

a)

Characterization

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Allusion

22.

A person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself.

a)

Mood

b)

Symbolism

c)

Diction

d)

Imagery

23.

When something happens that the reader wouldn’t have expected to happen.

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Allusion

c)

Theme

d)

Imagery

24.

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

25.

The use of words whose sound suggest their meaning (ex. buzz, hiss, pop).

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Connotation

c)

Metaphor

d)

Characterization

26.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (tongue twisters).

a)

Connotation

b)

Denotation

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

27.
Repetition of vowel sounds.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Euphemism
c)
Assonance
d)
Hyperbole
28.
The dictionary meaning of the word.
a)
Diction
b)
Denotation
c)
Dialect
d)
Syntax
29.
Ridicule or mocking of a work for comic effect.
a)
Satire
b)
Parody
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Paradox
30.
What is personification?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
31.
The exposition of a story ________________________.
a)
Set the stage for the climax
b)
Determines the outcome of the conflict
c)
Presents essential background information
d)
Establishes a new norm
32.
Conflict is the ________________________ between opposing forces.
a)
Struggle
b)
Friendship
c)
Relationship
d)
Story
33.
What literary device uses hints or clues to suggest what will happen next?
a)
Irony
b)
Suspense
c)
Flashback
d)
Foreshadowing
34.
climax
a)
the hero of a story
b)
the most exciting part of the story.
c)
tell how things are alike
d)
tell how things are different
35.
Setting
a)
where and when a story takes place
b)
where a story takes place
c)
the people or animals in a story or drama
all of the events that happen in a story
d)
all of the events that happen in  a story
36.
All of the events that happen in a story.
a)
resolution
b)
plot
c)
conflict
d)
climax
37.
The people or animals in a story or drama
a)
schema
b)
conflict
c)
characters
d)
inference
38.

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Personalization

d)

Flashback

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