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English 1: Unit 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the phrase that matches the definition:

The narrator is one of the characters and uses the word “I” or “me” in the story.


a)

1st person point of view

b)

2nd person point of view

c)

3rd person limited point of view

d)

3rd person omniscient point of view

2.

Choose the phrase that matches the definition:

The narrator of the story only knows about one person.


a)

1st person point of view

b)

2nd person point of view

c)

3rd person limited point of view

d)

3rd person omniscient point of view

3.

Choose the phrase that matches the definition:

The narrator of the story knows everything about everyone.


a)

1st person point of view

b)

2nd person point of view

c)

3rd person limited point of view

d)

3rd person omniscient point of view

4.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

The narrator’s outlook or view on events, characters, and the world.


a)

Flashback

b)

Perspective

c)

Allusion

d)

Tone

5.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A message or lesson that can be applied throughout all cultures.


a)

Narration

b)

Perspective

c)

Imagery

d)

Universal theme

6.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a character pattern that is universally understood across various cultures


a)

Direct Characterization

b)

Archetype

c)

Indirect Characterization

d)

Epic

7.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A latin term that literally means “in the middle of things” and refers to the way epics start

a)

In Media Res

b)

Rhapsode

c)

Figurative Language

d)

Epic

8.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a person who recites epic poems

a)

In Media Res

b)

Narration

c)

Allusion

d)

Rhapsode

9.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

Presented material that occurred earlier in the story to give more information

a)

Flashback

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Allusion

d)

Imagery

10.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a convention of classical literature and of epics in particular, in which an appeal for aid (especially for inspiration) is made to a muse

a)

Flashback

b)

Imagery

c)

Epic

d)

Invocation

11.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.

a)

Audience

b)

Dialogue

c)

Supernatural

d)

Invocation

12.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

The people who are watching, listening, or reading the material.

a)

Audience

b)

Dialogue

c)

Epic

d)

Point of View

13.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A description of a character that the narrator or author directly states.

a)

Direct characterization

b)

Dialogue

c)

Indirect Characterization

d)

Perspective

14.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A description of a character that is implied by the reader using details, such as what the character does, says, or looks like.

a)

Direct characterization

b)

Dialogue

c)

Indirect Characterization

d)

Perspective

15.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

a)

Dialogue

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Indirect Characterization

d)

Allusion

16.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

Descriptive writing that appeals to the five senses

a)

Imagery

b)

Simile

c)

Tone

d)

Allusion

17.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A statement that sets up an essay’s or an article’s argument

a)

Epic

b)

Flashback

c)

Thesis

d)

Setting

18.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”

a)

Flashback

b)

Allusion

c)

Thesis

d)

Simile

19.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

writing that tells a story

a)

Epic

b)

Dialogue

c)

Narration

d)

Imagery

20.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

The general attitude or sound of a piece of writing

a)

Narration

b)

Tone

c)

Audience

d)

Thesis

21.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A conversation held between characters in a story

a)

Dialogue

b)

Tone

c)

Audience

d)

Narration

22.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A reference made in a piece of literature to something in history, in the Bible, or in another literary work.

a)

Epic

b)

Tone

c)

Allusion

d)

Imagery

23.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

The sequence of events in the story

a)

Plot

b)

Narration

c)

Thesis

d)

Audience

24.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

The time and place that a story happens

a)

Flashback

b)

3rd person point of view

c)

Tone

d)

Setting

25.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A long narrative poem

a)

Epic

b)

Direct characterization

c)

Simile

d)

Plot