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Literary Terms

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 53mins

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Class
Date
1.

The reason that the author chose to write the passage.

a)

Author's Perspective

b)

Author's Purpose

c)

Author's Point of View

d)

Author's Mood

2.

Author’s Purpose: P.I.E.E.D. stands for what?

a)

Persuade, Inform, Explain, Exhibit, Describe

b)

Perform, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe

c)

Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe

d)

Perform, Inform, Explain, Export, Describe

3.

How an author feels about the topic he or she is writing about.

a)

Author's Point of View

b)

Author's Purpose

c)

Author's Tone

d)

Author's Perspective

4.

The person who tells the story is the

(a)  

5.

The feeling the reader gets due to the words and descriptions used in the text

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Opinion

d)

Main Idea

6.

The mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel

a)

Mood

b)

Main Idea

c)

Tone

d)

Author's Point of View

7.

How the character feels about something; what they see, feel, and think about something (also called viewpoint, opinion, or perspective)

a)

Author's Purpose

b)

Tone

c)

Point of View

d)

Mood

8.

The subject of a writing piece; what the writing is all about

(a)  

9.

A word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning. It is used by the writer to compare, for dramatic effect, or to make the writing more interesting.

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Literal Language

10.

The suggested meaning of a word apart from what it names or describes; a word that evokes feeling or emotion.

a)

Denotation

b)

Definition

c)

Connotation

d)

Description

11.

Figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words “like” or “as”.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

d)

Simile

12.

Figure of speech used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common WITHOUT using like or as.

(a)  

13.

When you give human qualities or abilities to an object or animal.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Onomatopoeia

14.

When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence.

a)

Idiom

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

15.

A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

16.

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

17.

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Idiom

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

18.

A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it often becomes meaning and sometimes boring

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Cliché

d)

Onomatopoeia

19.

Imaginative stories created by an author that are not true

a)

Non-Fiction

b)

Fiction

20.

True literature based on facts

a)

Non-Fiction

b)

Fiction

21.

The message of "Big Idea" of the story that you can apply to your life. Written in a one sentence statement

a)

Central Idea

b)

Theme

c)

Topic

d)

Tone

22.

Time and location of the story

a)

Setting

b)

Rising Action

c)

Mood

d)

Climax

23.

The storyline that has these components: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution (denouement)

a)

Setting

b)

Rising Action

c)

Exposition

d)

Plot

24.

Beginning of the story - meet characters, learn setting

a)

Rising Action

b)

Falling Action

c)

Exposition

d)

Resolution (denouement)

25.

Learn the conflict, action/tension starts to build

a)

Rising Action

b)

Resolution (denouement)

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

26.

Most exciting point of story/turning point

a)

Resolution (denouement)

b)

Climax

c)

Falling Action

d)

Exposition

27.

The storyline starts to resolve after the climax has been reached.

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Resolution (denouement)

d)

Falling Action

28.

The ending of the story / final outcome revealed (usually)

a)

Rising Action

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution (denouement)

d)

Falling Action

29.

The author uses clues or hints to reveal what is coming later in the story

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Flashback

c)

Characterization

d)

Protagonist

30.

The author describes something from the past to help explain important events.

a)

Exposition

b)

Flashback

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Retelling

31.

The person in a story, novel, movie, poem, play, etc.

a)

Star

b)

Actor

c)

Character

32.

The main character of a story

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

33.

Opposes the main character

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

34.

Character who changes in personality or attitude

a)

Static character

b)

Dynamic Character

c)

Physical Character

d)

Emotional Character

35.

Character who shows little or no inner change

a)

Dynamic Character

b)

Emotional Character

c)

Physical Character

d)

Static Character

36.

The way the author reveals the character’s personalities

a)

Direct Characterization

b)

Indirect Characterization

c)

Characterization

37.

The author makes direct statements about the character’s personality and tells what he/she is like

a)

Direct Characterization

b)

Characterization

c)

Indirect Characterization

38.

The author reveals a character’s personality through the character’s thoughts, actions, words, and how other characters respond or talk about him/her

a)

Direct Characterization

b)

Characterization

c)

Indirect Characterization

39.

Divided into lines, stanzas, or verses.

a)

Prose

b)

Poetry

40.

Divided into sentences and paragraphs

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

41.

A repeated word, phrase, or sound.

a)

Stuttering

b)

Rephrase

c)

Decibles

d)

Repetition

42.

An arranged group of lines

a)

Stanza

b)

Paragraph

c)

Sentences

d)

Essay

43.

Begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark, which naturally adds breaks and pauses to poetry.

a)

Sentences

b)

Lines

c)

Verses

d)

Paragraphs

44.

Adds a pattern of rhyme to poetry.

a)

Rhyme Time

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Rhyme Verse

d)

Rhyme Rhythm

45.

The repetition of the final consonant sound stressing a syllable. (Ex. send, blend, end)

a)

Rhyme Time

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Consonance

d)

Beat

46.

Express your personal thoughts and feelings through words

a)

Haiku

b)

Lyric Poems

c)

Free Verse Poems

d)

Ballad

47.

Has no rhythm, strict structure, and no fixed line length

a)

Lyric Poem

b)

Ballad

c)

Narrative Poem

d)

Free Verse

48.

Short, three-lined poem that is unrhymed and often about nature (5-7-5 syllable count)

a)

Haiku

b)

Narrative

c)

Ballad

d)

Lyric

49.

Song-like poem put to music, it tells a story that deals with adventure, tragedy, and / or romance. Divided into lines and stanzas.

a)

Haiku

b)

Lyric

c)

Narrative

d)

Ballad

50.

Tells a story in verse, has narrators, characters, setting, plot.

a)

Haiku Poem

b)

Narrative Poem

c)

Ballad Poem

d)

Lyric Poem

51.

Formal poem that often expresses feelings, often spoken in first person, includes sonnets, odes, and elegies

a)

Sonnet Poem

b)

Lyric Poem

c)

Ballad Poem

d)

Narrative Poem

52.

Fourteen lines with a more formal tone that follows a specific rhyme scheme

a)

Lyric

b)

Narrative

c)

Sonnet

d)

Ballad

53.

Humorous five-line poems with a specific rhythmic pattern

a)

Lyric

b)

Ballad

c)

Limericks

d)

Narrative

54.

Words that are spoken by characters; usually in quotation marks and has dialogue tags (ex: “I am going to go there today, Jimmy,” said Meyeur.)

a)

Cues

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Scenes

d)

Dialogue

55.

What is ALIKE ONLY

a)

Compare

b)

Contrast

56.

What is DIFFERENT ONLY

a)

Compare

b)

Contrast

57.

specific techniques that allow a writer to convey a deeper meaning that goes beyond what’s on the page

a)

Literary Techniques

b)

Literary Devices

c)

Literary Feelings

58.

Reference to a well known book, story, etc.

a)

Onomatopeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Allusion

d)

Motif

59.

The audience knows something the characters don’t know

a)

Motif

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Metaphor

60.

Repeated element in a story that is important

a)

Motif

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Symbolism

d)

Simile

61.

Words that contradict themselves (ex: jumbo shrimp)

a)

Motif

b)

Symbolism

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Hyperbole

62.

Involves a character speaking their thoughts aloud,

a)

Onomatopeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Motif

d)

Soliloquiy

63.

Refers to how the information within a written text is organized. Description, Sequence, Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, and Problem/Solution

a)

Text Organization

b)

Literary Organization

c)

Text Structure

d)

Literary Structure

64.

Gives readers a chronological order of events or a list of steps in a procedure.

a)

Sequence

b)

Random Order

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Cause Effect

65.

Presents the causal relationship between an specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas, or concept that follow

a)

Problem / Solution

b)

Cause / Effect

c)

Before / After

d)

Text Structure

66.

Examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc.

a)

Problem / Solution

b)

Before / After

c)

Compare / Contrast

d)

Text Structure

67.

Sets up a problem or problems, explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of the solution

a)

Cause / Effect

b)

Text Structure

c)

Problem / Solution

d)

Before / After

68.

What needs to be included in a narrative?

a)

Beginning, Middle, and End, Dialogue, Description, Transition words, Thoughts and Feelings, and Theme

b)

Date, written in 1st person

69.

What is included in a journal entry?

a)

Beginning, Middle, and End, Dialogue, Description, Transition words, Thoughts and Feelings, and Theme

b)

Date, written in 1st person

70.

The way the character acts physically

a)

Body-ody-ody-ody

b)

Body Language

c)

Body Movement

d)

Motion Sensors