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Reading 6: Trimester 1 Literary Terms

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Narrator is outside the story, but can reveal events, thoughts, and actions of many characters, as well as background information

a)

Omniscient Third Person Point of View

b)

Omnibus Point of View

c)

Omnipresent Third Person

d)

Omnipotent Point of View

2.

Struggle exist within the mind of a character

a)

External Conflict

b)

Inferior Conflict

c)

Internal Conflict

d)

External Resources

3.

Central struggle between opposing forces in the story

a)

Combat

b)

Argument

c)

Conflict

d)

Debate

4.

Refers to who is telling a story or who is narrating it

a)

Point of View

b)

Opinion

c)

Review

d)

Perspective

5.

Character who reveals only one personality trait

a)

Multidimensional character

b)

Dynamic character

c)

Flat character

d)

Slim character

6.

A semantic transposition, where there is a word or idea that belongs to one context, being used to describe another

a)

Illustration

b)

Hyphenate

c)

Compliment

d)

Metaphor

7.

A character that works against or annoys the protagonist

a)

Archetype

b)

Antihero

c)

Antagonist

d)

Arsonist

8.

Stories, dealing with the impact of science, on societies of the past, present or future

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Scientific Theory

d)

Autobiography

9.

Shows how the conflict is resolved or the problem is completed at the end of the story

a)

Result

b)

Redemption

c)

Recommendation

d)

Resolution

10.

And complications to the problem in the story, and increases the readers interest

a)

Resolute action

b)

Rising action

c)

Falling action

d)

Forethought actiom

11.

An interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time

a)

Flashback

b)

Forethought

c)

Flash forward

d)

Foreshadow

12.

The method and author uses to help the reader, become acquainted with/get to know a character

a)

Description

b)

Characterization

c)

Narrative

d)

Point of view

13.

The basic structure of a piece of fiction, including expo, conflict, rising, climax, falling,, resolution

a)

Narrative

b)

Storyboard

c)

Playbook

d)

Plot

14.

A variation of language spoken by a particular group, often within a particular region

a)

Dialect

b)

Voice

c)

Accent

d)

View

15.

Exists when what readers expect to happen is the opposite of what happens

a)

Coincidence

b)

Analogy

c)

Irony

d)

Humility

16.

The recurrence of sounds , words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or piece of literature

a)

Remembrance

b)

Repetition

c)

Recurrent

d)

Resolution

17.

Authors use hints about what will happen in the story

a)

Foreground

b)

Forethought

c)

Foreward

d)

Foreshadow

18.

Actors in the story, can be people, animals, robots, etc.

a)

Characters

b)

Plot lines

c)

Vegetation

d)

Monologues

19.

A comparison of unlikely things using the words like or as

a)

Metaphor

b)

Analogy

c)

Contradiction

d)

Simile

20.

A general statement about life that is the main message of the story

a)

Point of view

b)

Theme

c)

Moral

d)

Meaning

21.

Literature, in which situations and characters are invented by the writer

a)

Fiction

b)

Biography

c)

Nonfiction

d)

History

22.

The struggle of a character against an outside force, such as nature, society, fate, or another character

a)

Internal conflict

b)

External setting

c)

External conflict

d)

Internal Affairs

23.

The opinion or attitude, authors express in their writing

a)

Commentary

b)

Dialogue

c)

Description

d)

Voice

24.

The one who tells the story

a)

Author

b)

Liar

c)

Narrator

d)

Reader

25.

A figure of speech in which an animal, object or idea is given human form or characteristics

a)

Personification

b)

Humanitarian

c)

Vegetarian

d)

Agoraphobia

26.

The time and place of a story

a)

Book

b)

Setting

c)

Area

d)

Field

27.

The point of highest interest or suspense in an narrative

a)

Conclusion

b)

Resolution

c)

Climax

d)

Crescendo

28.

When a story uses words, like I or my, the story is told from this… Reader, see, and experience what happens through the narrator

a)

First person point of view

b)

Perspective

c)

Narration

d)

Summary

29.

A reference to a well-known person, place, idea, event, or fact from history, politics, literature, art, music, or culture, which expands the authors use of imagery in a literary work

a)

Illustration

b)

Description

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

30.

The main character

a)

Star

b)

Antagonist

c)

Competitor

d)

Protagonist

31.

Characters who show buried, and sometimes contradictory traits

a)

Round characters

b)

Lead characters

c)

Supporting characters

d)

Flat characters

32.

Language that emphasizes sensory impressions to help the reader of a literary work see, here, feel, smell and taste the scenes described in the work

a)

Description

b)

Illustration

c)

Imagery

d)

Narration

33.

Expression, whose meaning is different from its literal meaning

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Allusion

34.

The time and place are gradually revealed with clues throughout the story

a)

Implied setting

b)

Explicit setting

c)

Illustrated setting

d)

Informational setting

35.

The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables

a)

Allusion

b)

Alliteration

c)

Illustration

d)

Instruction

36.

A literary or artistic category, including pros, poetry, and drama

a)

Kingdom

b)

Phylum

c)

Class

d)

Genre

37.

A flat character of a familiar and often repeated type

a)

Simpleton

b)

Flat character

c)

Lead character

d)

Stereotype

38.

Can be read in a single session spanning a few minutes to an hour or two

a)

Novel

b)

Short story

c)

Thesis

d)

Manual

39.

The emotional quality or atmosphere of a story

a)

Mood

b)

Feelings

c)

Tone

d)

Inflection

40.

Includes background information about characters and settings. It sets the scene for the conflict, also known as introduction.

a)

Summary

b)

Climax

c)

Exposition

d)

Introduction

41.

Shows what happens to the characters after the climax

a)

Finale

b)

Falling action

c)

Flat action

d)

Conclusion

42.

The narrator is outside the story, and reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one character that refers to that character as he or she

a)

Limited third person POV

b)

Complete third person point of view

c)

Unlimited POV

d)

Limited first person point of view

43.

Meet up stories set in the real world with believable characters

a)

Science fiction

b)

Anime

c)

Realistic fiction

d)

Nonfiction