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WorksheetsFirst Semester Literary Terms
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 25mins
Anecdote/short short/flash fiction
an exciting story
a long poem
a really short story
a really short poem
Irony
the difference between appearance and reality
when expectations are violated
when the opposite of what is said is what is meant
when the audience knows something the characters don't
Myth
a story that is totally false
explains how things in the natural world came to be
a story that always uses animals to represent people
a story where at least one character dies at the end
Autobiography
story of a person's life written by someone else
story of a person's life with outside commentary
story of a person's life written by that person
story of a person's life written by someone who knows/knew them personally
A western is a story that includes:
jungles and wild animals, set in western India
cities that have been destroyed by war, in urban settings in the West
villages that have primitive civilizations, in any undeveloped setting
a locale that is characterized by gunfights and saloons, and is set in the western US
Genre
type of writing style
type of writing utensil
type of grammatical style
type of syntactical style
Stereotype
judging people based on their performance
judging people as individuals, and not as types
judging people as types, and not as individuals
judging only a certain section of a population
Aim
author's purpose
the point of the text
the narrator's point of view
the reader's purpose
Aphorism
truth
short saying
pointed statement
belief
Dramatic Irony
expectations are violated
the opposite of what is said is what is meant
when the audience knows something the characters don't
the difference between appearance and reality
Dystopia
a perfect world
the best of all possible worlds
a realistic world
a nightmarish world
Irony is the __________between __________ and _______
(a)
Mood/Tone
difference between appearance and reality
author's purpose
exaggeration for effect
atmosphere, feeling
The same word, phrase, or sentence being written/said over and over is (a)
Science Fiction consists of stories that are:
set in the future, usually optimistic, and involve technology
set in the past, usually pessimistic, and involve technology
set in the future, usually pessimistic and involve technology
set in the past, usually optimistic and involve no technology
The time and place in which a work takes place is the (a) .
Simile
comparison between two unlike things
comparison between two like things
comparison between two similar thing
comparison between two unlike things that uses "like" or "as"
Diary/Journal
reference to someone from history
personal account of daily activities
exaggeration for effect
words that appeal to the 5 senses
History and stories passed down through generations by word of mouth are part of ____ _________
(a)
"Truth is a hard deer to hunt."
imagery
aphorism
hyperbole
description
Description
exaggeration for effect
words that appeal to the 5 senses
nonfiction writing on a single topic
details about people, places, and events
Imagery
manner in which something is written
words/phrases that appeal to the 5 senses
appearance differs from reality
exaggeration for effect
Nonfiction writing on a single topic is called...
(a)
Allusion
reference to someone or something from history or literature
exaggeration for effect
manner in which something is written or said
history/culture passed down by word of mouth
The manner in which something is written or said is called (a)
"One of Grandma Selma's Stories"
autobiography
short short
flash fiction
anecdote
Diary of a Young Girl
essay
biography
diary/journal
aphorism
In Desert Exile...the author calls attention to the injustice suffered by Japanese-Americans during WWII.
genre
dystopia
aim
tone/mood
Leonard Mead is taken to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies, but he's the only person in his society that isn't regressed.
hyperbole
style
myth
irony
"Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion..."
simile
metaphor
oral tradition
imagery
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family is...
(a)
Harriet Tubman being referred to Moses from the Bible is an example of...
(a)
In what type of style is Chief Seattle's speech written?
low
middle
high
"The Gift of Cochise" is...
a journal
a western
an autobiography
an essay
"Sundiata Keita: The Legend and the King"
Science Fiction
History
Flash Fiction
Oral Tradition
During WWII, Japanese-Americans were considered enemies because of their ethnicity.
myth
genre
stereotype
description
"My heart is as colls as a frog and my knees like water..."
simile
metaphor
imagery
personification
"The Pedestrian" takes place in a suburban neighborhood, at night.
imagery
style
dystopia
setting
The (a) of "Escape" is oppressive and suspenseful
Ches Lane trying to escape the Indians when they ended up taking him to where he was trying to go all along is an example of what type of irony?
dramatic
situational
verbal
