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This Quizziz is Bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is the sequence of events that make up a story?

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

climax

d)

exposition

2.

Which of these is the use of words that imitate the sounds of what they describe?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

mood

d)

assonance

3.

Which of these is the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work?

a)

main idea

b)

flashback

c)

mood

d)

theme

4.

Which of these is the time and place in which a narrative occurs?

a)

setting

b)

theme

c)

backstory

d)

rising action

5.

Which of these is a conversation between two characters?

a)

dialogue

b)

chat

c)

flashback

d)

introduction

6.

Which of these is an interruption in the plot of a story to relate events that occurred in the past?

a)

tone

b)

daydream

c)

flashback

d)

foreshadowing

7.

Which of these is a struggle between opposing forces (can be internal or external)?

a)

tone

b)

climax

c)

flashback

d)

conflict

8.

Which of these is a category or type of literature?

a)

alliteration

b)

genre

c)

Dewey decimal system

d)

connotation

9.

Which of these is taking the words and ideas of another and using them as your own?

a)

hyperbole

b)

rude

c)

cheating

d)

plagiarism

10.

Which of these is the tone or attitude a writer/speaker takes toward his/her subject or audience?

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

dialogue

d)

editorial

11.

Which of these is the emotional feeling the reader receives from literature?

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

dialogue

d)

editorial

12.

Which of these is the feeling or emotion associated with a word?

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

connotation

d)

denotation

13.

Which of these is the dictionary definition of a word?

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

connotation

d)

denotation

14.

Which of these is the contrast between what is expected and reality?

a)

irony

b)

mood

c)

sarcasm

d)

adulting

15.

Which of these is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as?

a)

irony

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

16.

Which of these is a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use like or as?

a)

irony

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

17.

Which of these gives human characteristics to objects, animals, or abstract ideas?

a)

magic

b)

synecdoche

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

18.

Which of these is descriptive or figurative language used to create mental pictures that appeal to one or more of the five senses?

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

illustration

d)

metaphor

19.

Which of these is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together?

a)

allusion

b)

euphemism

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration

20.

Which of these occurs at the beginning of a story and provides needed background information?

a)

introduction

b)

exposition

c)

rising action

d)

denoument

21.

Which of these is the part of the story that begins to develop the plot and conflict(s)?

a)

introduction

b)

exposition

c)

rising action

d)

falling action

22.

Which of these is the turning point of the story, wherein the main character usually comes face to face with a conflict?

a)

boss fight

b)

climax

c)

rising action

d)

falling action

23.

Which of these occurs after the climax of a story but before the resolution?

a)

exposition

b)

hyperbole

c)

rising action

d)

falling action

24.

Which of these is the part of a story when it comes to a reasonable ending?

a)

resolution

b)

exposition

c)

rising action

d)

falling action

25.

Which of these uses clues or hints to signal events that will occur later in the plot?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

plagiarism

c)

foreshadowing

d)

denotation

26.

Which of these is the use of extreme exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect?

a)

hyperbole

b)

braggadocio

c)

irony

d)

tall tales

27.

Which of these is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words?

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

analogy

d)

anaphora

28.

Which of these is a brief reference to a person, place, idea, or thing of literary, cultural, political, or historical significance?

a)

idiom

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

anaphora

29.

Which of these is an often-humorous play on words that exploits the different possible meanings of a word or uses two words that sound the same but have different meanings?

a)

pun

b)

idiom

c)

paradox

d)

simile

30.

Which of these is an expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use?

a)

pun

b)

idiom

c)

paradox

d)

simile

31.

Which of these is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear next to each other?

a)

irony

b)

synecdoche

c)

oxymoron

d)

metaphor

32.

Which of these is a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole, or the whole is used to represent the part?

a)

irony

b)

synecdoche

c)

oxymoron

d)

metaphor