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Vocab Terms

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a truth about life that is revealed in the story

a)

Theme

b)

Dynamic Character

c)

Character Traits

d)

Resolution

2.

The end of the story where the main conflict is resolved

a)

Theme

b)

Dynamic Character

c)

Character Traits

d)

Resolution

3.

A character who undergoes a deep change within the story

a)

Theme

b)

Dynamic Character

c)

Character Traits

d)

Resolution

4.

adjectives that describe a character on the inside

a)

Theme

b)

Dynamic Character

c)

Character Traits

d)

Resolution

5.

the main character in the story

a)

Falling Action

b)

Flashback

c)

Personification

d)

Protagonist

6.

the author interrupts the plot to recreate an event from an earlier time

a)

Falling Action

b)

Flashback

c)

Personification

d)

Protagonist

7.

events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution

a)

Falling Action

b)

Flashback

c)

Personification

d)

Protagonist

8.

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

Falling Action

b)

Flashback

c)

Personification

d)

Protagonist

9.

what happens in a story; the chain of events that makeup a story

a)

3rd Person Omniscient

b)

Simile

c)

Plot

d)

Symbolism

10.

a comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

a)

3rd Person Omniscient

b)

Simile

c)

Plot

d)

Symbolism

11.

a POV where the narrator knows all

a)

3rd Person Omniscient

b)

Simile

c)

Plot

d)

Symbolism

12.

using an object or word to represent an abstract idea

a)

3rd Person Omniscient

b)

Simile

c)

Plot

d)

Symbolism

13.

a single line of a poem

a)

Verse

b)

Mood

c)

Static Character

d)

Alliteration

14.

the atmosphere or feeling created by a work of literature

a)

Verse

b)

Mood

c)

Static Character

d)

Alliteration

15.

a character that remains the same throughout the story

a)

Verse

b)

Mood

c)

Static Character

d)

Alliteration

16.

the repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words

a)

Verse

b)

Mood

c)

Static Character

d)

Alliteration

17.

what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen

a)

stanza

b)

setting

c)

irony

d)

idiom

18.

a grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line or space

a)

stanza

b)

setting

c)

irony

d)

idiom

19.

a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning

a)

stanza

b)

setting

c)

irony

d)

idiom

20.

the time and place of a story

a)

stanza

b)

setting

c)

irony

d)

idiom

21.

the author tells you explicitly what a character is like

a)

Suspense

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

POV

d)

Imagery

22.

the standpoint from which a story is told

a)

Suspense

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

POV

d)

Imagery

23.

vivid writing that appeals to the senses

a)

Suspense

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

POV

d)

Imagery

24.

the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story

a)

Suspense

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

POV

d)

Imagery

25.

the most exciting or intense part of a story; the turning point

a)

Climax

b)

End Rhyme

c)

Exposition

d)

Metaphor

26.

rhymes at the end of rhymes

a)

Climax

b)

End Rhyme

c)

Exposition

d)

Metaphor

27.

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

a)

Climax

b)

End Rhyme

c)

Exposition

d)

Metaphor

28.

a comparison of unlike things by saying that one thing is a dissimilar object or thing

a)

Climax

b)

End Rhyme

c)

Exposition

d)

Metaphor

29.

a form of poetry that tells a story and has a setting, characters, and plot

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

3rd Person Limited

d)

Narrative Poem

30.

the narrator is not in the story but focuses on one characters POV

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

3rd Person Limited

d)

Narrative Poem

31.

rhymes within lines

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

3rd Person Limited

d)

Narrative Poem

32.

a genre that is set in the modern day with human characters; could actually happen in real life

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

3rd Person Limited

d)

Narrative Poem

33.

a POV in which the narrator is a person in the story

a)

1st person

b)

tone

c)

hyperbole

d)

foreshadowing

34.

the attitude of the writer or speaker

a)

1st person

b)

tone

c)

hyperbole

d)

foreshadowing

35.

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

1st person

b)

tone

c)

hyperbole

d)

foreshadowing

36.

hints or clues that suggest what may happen later in the story

a)

1st person

b)

tone

c)

hyperbole

d)

foreshadowing

37.

the person or force in conflict with the protagonist

a)

antagonist

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

indirect characterization

d)

rising action

38.

the main part of the story where conflict arises

a)

antagonist

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

indirect characterization

d)

rising action

39.

words whose sounds suggest their meaning

a)

antagonist

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

indirect characterization

d)

rising action

40.

the author tells what a character is like through their thoughts, feelings, actions, and words

a)

antagonist

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

indirect characterization

d)

rising action

41.

the point in the story that pushes the plot forward/starts the conflict

a)

dialogue

b)

inciting incident

c)

objective summary

42.

words spoken between characters that reveal plot and characterization

a)

dialogue

b)

inciting incident

c)

objective summary

43.

summary of a story that only includes facts not opinions

a)

dialogue

b)

inciting incident

c)

objective summary