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Unit 4 Fiction Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Pick the correct term: when an author uses clues to hint at future events that will happen in the story
a)

verbal irony

b)

foreshadowing

c)

third person POV

2.
Pick the correct term: when a person, a place, or an object (the symbol) represents an idea or quality
a)
first person POV
b)
foreshadowing
c)
symbolism
3.
Pick the correct term: when what is said is the opposite of what the speaker actually means
a)

verbal irony

b)

situational irony

c)

dramatic irony

4.
Pick the correct term: when the outcome of an event turns out to be completely unexpected based on what you had reasonably believed would happen
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
5.
Pick the correct term: when the reader know what is going to happen to a character, but the character doesn't know
a)

situational irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

verbal irony

6.
Pick the correct term: a person who has become disabled due to their injury or illness (this is an old-fashioned word)
a)

invalid

b)

querulous

c)

neurotic

7.
If a fire truck caught on fire, what type of irony would that be?
a)
dramatic irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
situational irony
8.
If your mom said she's really glad you cleaned your room, when you BOTH know it's a mess, she would be using...
a)
situational irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
verbal irony
9.

If you were watching a scary movie, and a character was about to unknowingly go into a room where YOU know a monster is hiding, what type of irony would it be? (The character does not know the monster is there, but you do.)

a)

dramatic irony

b)

verbal irony

c)

situational irony

10.
Pick the correct term: a noun that means an irrationally anxious or emotionally unstable person
a)
imperious
b)
symbolism
c)
neurotic
11.
Pick the correct term: an adjective that means whiny or complaining
a)

differentiate

b)

querulous

c)

foreshadowing

12.
Pick the correct term: an adjective that means acting like they have authority, even if they don’t
a)
dramatic irony
b)
differentiate
c)
imperious
13.
Pick the correct term: to recognize the difference between things
a)

differentiate

b)

symbolism

c)

situational irony

14.
Pick the correct term: the point of view when a character who is in the story is telling the story
a)

author's perspective

b)

3rd person POV

c)

1st person POV

15.
Pick the correct term: the point of view when a narrator who is NOT a character in the story is telling the story
a)

1st person POV

b)

3rd person POV

c)

author's perspective