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Vocabulary Final 2022 (Lists 1-3)

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A story about a person's life written by another person.
a)
biography
b)
climax
c)
autobiography
d)
novel
2.
Events that follow the climax in which tension decreases.
a)
falling action
b)
rising action
c)
resolution
d)
exposition
3.
A character or force in conflict with the main character.
a)
plot
b)
protagonist
c)
antagonist
d)
novel
4.
A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.
a)
literal language
b)
novella
c)
figurative language
d)
rising action
5.
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
a)
exposition
b)
plot
c)
resolution
d)
novel
6.
Chief character in a dramatic or narrative work, usually trying to accomplish some objective or working toward some goal.
a)
antagonist
b)
biography
c)
plot
d)
protagonist
7.
A life story written by the person who lived it.
a)
antagonist
b)
short story
c)
biography
d)
autobiography
8.
A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote.
a)
novella
b)
biography
c)
literal language
d)
figurative language
9.
A short narrative, usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
a)
novel
b)
novella
c)
plot
d)
climax
10.
A piece of fiction designed to give a single impression and to be read in one sitting.
a)
biography
b)
plot
c)
short story
d)
resolution
11.
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
a)
irony
b)
prose
c)
mood
d)
theme
12.
A speaker or character who tells a story.
a)
prose
b)
irony
c)
imagery
d)
narrator
13.
Point of view in which the narrator is an outsider and which presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters.
a)
point of view
b)
third person omniscient
c)
third person limited
d)
theme
14.
The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
a)
irony
b)
theme
c)
prose
d)
setting
15.
A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.
a)
irony
b)
prose
c)
imagery
d)
mood
16.
Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal sense of a character's personality to the reader.
a)
dramatic irony
b)
characterization
c)
imagery
d)
narrator
17.
Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse.
a)
irony
b)
mood
c)
prose
d)
theme
18.
Point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.
a)
first person point of view
b)
third person omniscient
c)
point of view
d)
third person limited
19.
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
a)
verbal irony
b)
setting
c)
irony
d)
dramatic irony
20.
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
a)
theme
b)
mood
c)
irony
d)
prose
21.
Dictionary definition of a word.
a)
connotation
b)
denotation
c)
metaphor
d)
nonfiction
22.
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
denotation
d)
fiction
23.
A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
symbolism
d)
mood
24.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
a)
fiction
b)
connotation
c)
nonfiction
d)
personification
25.
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
a)
allusion
b)
aliteration
c)
tone
d)
fiction
26.
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
a)
fiction
b)
tone
c)
simile
d)
mood
27.
Prose writing that tells about real people, places, and events.
a)
nonfitction
b)
connotation
c)
denotation
d)
fiction
28.
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
tone
29.
A figure of speech comparing two different things which does not use "like" or "as".
a)
metaphor
b)
tone
c)
denotation
d)
mood
30.
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity.
a)
tone
b)
assonance
c)
allusion
d)
simile
31.
All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.
a)
assertion
b)
conviction
c)
bandwagon
d)
connotation
32.

That point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; usually the point at which the conflict is resolved

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

theme

33.

A long fictional narrative written in prose, usually having many characters and a strong plot.

a)

theme

b)

novel

c)

short story

d)

exposition

34.

the series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline.

a)

short story

b)

prose

c)

climax

d)

plot

35.

Closing of the story that ties everything together

a)

falling action

b)

theme

c)

resolution

d)

plot

36.

A set of conflicts and crises that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot leading up to the climax.

a)

rising action

b)

resolution

c)

short story

d)

theme

37.

In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work

a)

characterization

b)

situational irony

c)

novella

d)

dramatic irony

38.

Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

a)

personification

b)

situational irony

c)

irony

d)

verbal irony

39.

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

a)

personification

b)

characterization

c)

imagery

d)

figurative language

40.

the perspective from which a story is told

a)

first person point of view

b)

third person omniscient

c)

point of view

d)

third person limited

41.

the narrator is a character in the story and used words like I, me, we

a)

first person point of view

b)

third person omniscient

c)

point of view

d)

third person limited

42.

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor

a)

imagery

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

irony

43.

A product of a writer's imagination, usually made up of characters, plot, setting, point of view, and theme.

a)

fiction

b)

plot

c)

nonfiction

d)

novella

44.

prose writing that tells about real people, places, and events

a)

nonfiction

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

literal language

45.

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

theme

d)

plot