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Literary Terms Midterm

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The story teller tells the story from their point of view using words like:

I, us, our, ourselves

a)

first person narrator

b)

second person narrator

c)

third person narrator

d)

tenor

2.

this character changes throughout the story

a)

static character

b)

dynamic character

c)

irony of situation

d)

hyperbole

3.

This point of view includes the narrator using pronouns like: he, him, she, her, it, itself.

a)

first person narrator

b)

second person narrator

c)

third person narrator

d)

setting

4.

a problem that is happening to the character on the outside, and outside force, or even another character

a)

metaphor

b)

tenor

c)

internal character

d)

external conflict

5.

the place or surroundings where an event takes place

a)

setting

b)

tenor

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

6.

the action of solving a problem

a)

conflict

b)

resolution

c)

dialect

d)

plot

7.

a certain form of language, this comes from a particular group or religion

a)

tenor

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphore

d)

Dialect

8.

an exaggeration or overstatement, statements that shouldn't be taken literally

a)

hyperbole

b)

tenor

c)

metaphor

d)

inciting incident

9.

the thing that is being described

a)

inciting incident

b)

tenor

c)

metaphor

d)

plot

10.

describing two things that aren't otherwise related

a)

inciting incident

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

plot

11.

an event that hooks the viewer into the story and gets the story moving

a)

climax

b)

tone

c)

plot

d)

inciting incident

12.

the sequence of event

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

tone

d)

climax

13.

how the writer makes the reader feel throughout the story

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

simile

d)

aim

14.

the highest level of interest/emotional response

a)

verbal irony

b)

climax

c)

personification

d)

aim

15.

a literary device used to make the reader more interested; to give human qualities to something that isn't human

a)

static character

b)

verbal irony

c)

personification

d)

situation

16.

when a speaker says the opposite of what they mean, sarcastic

a)

repitition

b)

style

c)

aim

d)

verbal irony

17.

a character that goes through no changes and stays the same throughout the story

a)

static character

b)

dynamic character

c)

aim

d)

style

18.

a comparison of two things using like or as

a)

aim

b)

simile

c)

irony

d)

metaphor

19.

when the opposite of what is happening happens

a)

irony of situation

b)

aim

c)

style

d)

irony

20.

using the same word or phrase over and over again

a)

aim

b)

repetition

c)

style

d)

setting

21.

to direct towards a specific goal or object

a)

plot

b)

style

c)

aim

d)

setting

22.

the way of doing something, the ways that the author uses words

a)

repitition

b)

aim

c)

plot

d)

style