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Literary Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a struggle or problem in a story that the main character encounters.

a)

Resolution

b)

Conflict

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

2.

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Plot

d)

Metaphor

3.

Sequence of events in a story

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

4.

The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing.

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

5.

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the word "like" or "as"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Genre

d)

Mood

6.
Which literary term is represented  in the picture?
a)
tone
b)
setting 
c)
antagonist
d)
theme
7.
A word's emotional meaning (positive or negative) is called its ___.
a)
resolution
b)
inference
c)
denotation
d)
connotation
8.
The THEME of a work is 
a)
the main character
b)
the title
c)
an idea that is dealt with
d)
the level of diction
9.

a person or animal in a story, play, or another literary work

a)

character

b)

theme

c)

setting

10.

The giving of human characteristics (emotions,

behaviors, etc.) to non-human animals, things, or

ideas

a)

Literal

b)

Figurative

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

11.

An exaggerated statement

a)

Literal

b)

Figurative

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

12.

An analogy (comparison) that does not use “like” or

“as.” In other words, it is a direct comparison

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Antonym

d)

Synonym

13.

The use of a symbol to stand for or represent

something else

a)

Topic

b)

Symbolism

c)

Imagery

d)

Inference

14.

A word that mimics the sound associated with it

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Symbolism

c)

Tone

d)

Antonym

15.

A contrast between what is said and what is meant.  Also, when things turn out different than what is expected.

a)

Simile

b)

Irony

c)

Personification

d)

Analogy

16.

If two characters are talking, they are having _____.

a)

point of view

b)

perspective

c)

dialogue

17.

What the character or narrator telling the story can see

a)

Setting

b)

Theme

c)

Prose

d)

Point of view

18.

Words put together with a rhythm; lyrical or verse forms of writing

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

19.

Non-verse writing; the ordinary form of written language.

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

20.

The arrangement of events by time.

a)

Setting

b)

Irony

c)

Chronology

d)

Point of view