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Semester 1 English 1 Terminology

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a universal truth about human weakness?

a)

fable

b)

parable

c)

theme

d)

moral

2.

What type of character does not change significantly?

a)

dynamic

b)

static

c)

round

d)

flat

3.

What is it called when someone says the opposite of what they mean (like sarcasm)?

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

d)

foreshadowing

4.

What type of conflict involves the central character or group of characters battling against oppositional traditions, institutions, or laws?

a)

person vs. person

b)

person vs. supernatural

c)

person vs. nature

d)

person vs. society

5.

What is a variety of phonetic likeness between words? (ABAB)

a)

perfect rhyme

b)

slant rhyme

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

assonance

6.

What type of POV has the narrator who is confined to what is experienced, thought, or felt by a single character, or at most a limited number of characters?

a)

first person

b)

third person objective

c)

third person limited

d)

third person omniscient

7.

Who is the main character in a story?

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

c)

dynamic character

d)

flat character

8.

What type of character is a one-dimensional character that does not display emotional depth and has a single set of traits?

a)

dynamic

b)

static

c)

round

d)

flat

9.

What is the story's message, a universal truth the author wants the reader to understand about life?

a)

moral

b)

theme

c)

resolution

d)

allusion

10.

What are repeated vowel sounds in close proximity?

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

d)

rhyme

11.

What are a pair of words that seem to contradict each other?

a)

metaphor

b)

juxtaposition

c)

foil

d)

oxymoron

12.

What is a comparison using "like" or "as"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

imagery

13.

What type of POV has the narrator who knows everything that needs to be known about the characters and events in the story, and who has privileged access to a character's thoughts, feelings, and motives?

a)

first person

b)

third person objective

c)

third person limited

d)

third person omniscient

14.

What is a reference to another book, piece of art, historical event, etc.?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

illusion

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

15.

What is it called when the reader knows something a character does not know?

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

d)

foreshadowing

16.

What type of conflict involves the central character struggling with or against the forces of media?

a)

person vs. person

b)

person vs. self

c)

person vs. nature

d)

person vs. technology

17.

What is it called when an animal or other non-human acts and appears like a human being?

a)

anthropomorphism

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

fable

18.

What is a strand of words starting with the same sound?

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

d)

rhyme

19.

What type of conflict involves the central character facing an internal struggle?

a)

person vs. person

b)

person vs. self

c)

person vs. nature

d)

person vs. technology

20.

What is a character who opposes (or fights against) the main character?

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

c)

dynamic character

d)

flat character

21.

What is a repeated word or image that carries symbolic meaning in a story?

a)

symbol

b)

repetition

c)

motif

d)

theme

22.

What is it called when 2 or more things are placed side by side for the purpose of showing comparison/ contrast?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

parallelism

d)

juxtaposition

23.

What is it called when something happens that is the opposite of what you thought would happen?

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

d)

foreshadowing

24.

What type of conflict involves the central character facing opposition from another person or group of people?

a)

person vs. person

b)

person vs. self

c)

person vs. nature

d)

person vs. society

25.

What is vivid sensory details and description?

a)

imagery

b)

personification

c)

enjambment

d)

simile

26.

What is a big exaggeration or overstatement?

a)

allusion

b)

oxymoron

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

27.

What are repeated consonant sounds in words in close proximity?

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

d)

rhyme

28.

What type of writing uses visual language to help you see the person, place, or thing the author is writing about?

a)

Narrative

b)

Expository

c)

Descriptive

d)

Argumentative

29.

What is a character who shows qualities in contrast to another character?

a)

dynamic character

b)

foil

c)

antagonist

d)

juxtaposition

30.

What is a clue that the author puts in the story to help the reader figure out what will happen later?

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

d)

foreshadowing

31.

What is it called when a sentence continues without a pause beyond the end of the line?

a)

hyperbole

b)

enjambment

c)

rhyme

d)

parallelism

32.

What type of conflict involves the central character challenged by forces that are not of this world?

a)

person vs. supernatural

b)

person vs. technology

c)

person vs. nature

d)

person vs. society

33.

What is a word whose sound suggests its meaning?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

34.

What is it called when you give human traits to something non-human?

a)

imagery

b)

anthropomorphism

c)

personification

d)

symbolism

35.

What is a comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as"

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

imagery

d)

metaphor

36.

What type of character undergoes a significant inner change?

a)

dynamic

b)

static

c)

round

d)

flat

37.

What is the secondary associations of the meaning of a word?

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

diction

d)

metaphor

38.

What is the feeling that the speaker feels/ the atmosphere portrayed by the author in a piece of literature?

a)

emotion

b)

boredom

c)

theme

d)

mood

39.

What type of POV has the narrator who can only tell you what can be seen or heard and do not know anyone's thoughts or feelings?

a)

first person

b)

third person objective

c)

third person limited

d)

third person omniscient

40.

What is word choice?

a)

connoation

b)

denotation

c)

diction

d)

metaphor

41.

What type of POV is almost never used in literature and utilizes the word "you"?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person limited

d)

third person omniscient

42.

What are two lines, usually rhyming in a poem?

a)

couplet

b)

quatrain

c)

free verse

d)

stanza

43.

What type of conflict involves the central character struggling against animals, the elements, or other natural forces?

a)

person vs. person

b)

person vs. supernatural

c)

person vs. nature

d)

person vs. society

44.

What is something that stands for a person, place, thing, or idea?

a)

motif

b)

symbol

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

45.

What is a similar sound between words or endings of words?

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

d)

rhyme

46.

What is the dictionary meaning of a word?

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

diction

d)

imagery

47.

What is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning?

a)

fable

b)

parable

c)

moral

d)

theme

48.

In poetry, what is using the same grammatical structure for effect?

a)

repetition

b)

parallelism

c)

juxtaposition

d)

syntax

49.

What type of character is a well-developed lifelike character that demonstrates multiple sides, traits, and emotions?

a)

dynamic

b)

static

c)

round

d)

flat

50.

What is an overused, unoriginal phrase?

a)

oxymoron

b)

cliche

c)

couplet

d)

pun

51.

What is a story intended to teach a lesson and where animals often speak and act like human beings?

a)

fable

b)

parable

c)

moral

d)

theme

52.

What is the voice or character of the poem?

a)

antagonist

b)

personifcation

c)

protagonist

d)

speaker

53.

What type of POV has the narrator in the story and refers to him/herself?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person limited

d)

third person omniscient

54.

What type of writing share an opinion on a topic and is considered biased?

a)

Narrative

b)

Expository

c)

Descriptive

d)

Argumentative

55.

What is poetry without consistent meter or end rhymes?

a)

free verse

b)

quatrain

c)

couplet

d)

enjambment

56.

What type of writing tells a story?

a)

Narrative

b)

Expository

c)

Descriptive

d)

Argumentative

57.

What is a device in which one is switching words (or syllables) that sound alike, for humor?

a)

cliche

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

pun

d)

oxymoron

58.

What type of writing informs, explain, or defines the subject to you?

a)

Narrative

b)

Expository

c)

Descriptive

d)

Argumentative