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Lit. Terms

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of alliteration?

a)

the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginnings of words. (“She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

b)

the repetition of sounds, particularly at beginnings of words. (“She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

c)

the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the end of words. (“She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

d)

the repetition of sounds, particularly at the end of words. “She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

2.

What is the meaning of allusion?

a)

a word that has a similar definition as the word metaphor.

b)

a reference to a person, place, or thing.

c)

a reference to an event, location, or thing.

d)

a reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem.

3.

What is the meaning of Irony

a)

a rhetorical device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic.

b)

a rhetorical word involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic.

c)

a feeling

d)

a rhetorical device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge.

4.

What is the meaning of Irony

a)

a rhetorical device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic.

b)

a rhetorical word involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic.

c)

a feeling

d)

a rhetorical device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge.

5.

What is the meaning of end rhyme

a)

It comes at the end of one successive lines.

b)

It comes in the middle of two successive lines.

c)

It comes at the end of two successive lines.

d)

It comes at the beginning of two successive lines.

6.

What is the meaning of hyperbole

a)

exaggeration for emphasis.

b)

no exaggeration for emphasis.

c)

exaggeration for no emphasis.

7.

What is the meaning of metaphor?

a)

a difference between essentially unlike things, or the application of a name or description to something to which it is not literally applicable.

b)

a comparison between essentially unlike things, or the application of a name or description to something to which it is not literally applicable.

c)

a comparison between essentially unlike things, or the application of a name or description to something to which it is literally applicable.

d)

a comparison between essentially like things, or the application of a name or description to something to which it is not literally applicable.

8.

What is the meaning of Stanza?

a)

a grouping of lines that forms the main unit in a poem.

b)

a grouping of lines that forms nothing.

c)

a grouping of lines that forms the smallest unit in a poem

d)

a grouping of lines that forms the main unit in a line

9.

What is the meaning of symbol?

a)

a person or event that stands for something beyond itself.

b)

a person or action that stands for something beyond itself.

c)

--------

d)

an object or action that stands for something beyond itself.

10.

What is the meaning of onomatopoeia?

a)

------

b)

------

c)

the use of language that sounds like the thing or action it describes.

d)

the use of language that sounds like the person or action it describes.

11.

What is the meaning of simile?

a)

a comparison between two essentially unlike things using words such as like and as.

b)

a comparison between two essentially like things using words such as like and as.

c)

a comparison between two essentially unlike things using words such as or and as.

d)

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12.

What is the meaning of repetition- anaphora?

a)

the poetic technique of repeating the different word or phrase multiple times within a poem or work.

b)

-------

c)

the poetic technique of not repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem or work.

d)

the poetic technique of repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem or work.

13.

What is the meaning of personification?

a)

the endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities.

b)

the endowment of inanimate objects or close concepts with animate or living qualities.

c)

the endowment of inanimate objects or closed concepts with animate or living qualities.

d)

the endowment of inanimate objects or shaped concepts with animate or living qualities.

14.

where and when the story takes place

a)

stanza

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

genre

15.

the problem in the story

a)

conflict

b)

resolution

c)

main idea

d)

setting

16.

finding the solution to the problem

a)

plot

b)

resolution

c)

persuasive

d)

sequence

17.

who or what the story is about

a)

chronological order

b)

persuasive

c)

main idea

d)

genre

18.

the central idea or message of a story

a)

infer

b)

narrarator

c)

plot

d)

theme

19.

a brief statement of the main events of a story

a)

summary

b)

sequence

c)

climax

d)

personification

20.

time order of events

a)

procedural

b)

chronological order

c)

sequence

d)

plot

21.

when the writer tries to convince you to do something

a)

persuasive

b)

fiction

c)

dialogue

d)

infer

22.

the perspective from which a story is told

a)

dialogue

b)

narrarator

c)

context clues

d)

point of view

23.

to draw a conclusion, or make your best guess from the information given

a)

assume

b)

infer

c)

sensory details

d)

idiom

24.

using clues in surrounding text to help find the meaning of a word

a)

text features

b)

procedure

c)

context clues

d)

sensory details

25.

conversation between characters in a story

a)

alliteration

b)

dialogue

c)

stage directions

d)

conflict

26.

the reason the author is writing

a)

author's purpose

b)

point of view

c)

playwright

d)

main idea

27.

the person telling the story

a)

autobiography

b)

playwright

c)

narrator

d)

drama

28.

the sequence of events that makes up a story

a)

main idea

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

plot

29.

the turning point in the action of a story

a)

conflict

b)

climax

c)

setting

d)

resolution

30.
How the author expresses his/her feelings through the character(s)
a)
Mood
b)
Topic
c)
Dialect
d)
Tone
31.
Narrator
a)
The person who tells the story
b)
Something that means exactly what it says
c)
The subject of a writing piece; what the writing is all about
d)
The person in the novel (story), play, or movie
32.
Point of View
a)
The feeling the reader gets due to the words and descriptions used in the text
b)
From a person's certain perspective
c)
A text that is written in paragraph form
d)
When or where a story takes place (ex: time, year, seasons, location)
33.
The subject of a writing piece; what the writing is all about
a)
Setting
b)
Dialect
c)
Tone
d)
Topic
34.

A feeling of uncertainty or excitement caused by wondering what will happen next in a story.

a)

Anxiety

b)

Flashback

c)

Suspense

d)

Foreshadowing

35.

A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

myth

d)

personification

36.

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

a)

Falling Action

b)

Rising Action

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution

37.

The writer's use of clues that suggest what will happen later in a story.

a)

Flashback

b)

Mystery

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

dramatic irony

38.

The struggle between opposing forces in a story.

a)

conclusion

b)

conflict

c)

climax

d)

connotation