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Ms. A's Quizizz CLWK Assignment

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A reference to a well known person, place event, literary work, or work of art.

a)

Allegory

b)

Allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

Analogy

2.

The turning point of a story where the protagonist often makes a change.

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

exposition

d)

inciting event

3.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.

a)

allusion

b)

allegory

c)

alliteration

d)

analogy

4.

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

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

myth

d)

personification

5.

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis in poems and stories.

a)

humor

b)

cliche

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

6.

How a story makes the reader feel.

a)

imagery

b)

mood

c)

tone

d)

humor

7.

The struggle between opposing forces in a story.

a)

conclusion

b)

conflict

c)

climax

d)

connotation

8.

The method a writer uses to develop a character.

a)

characterization

b)

comedy

c)

caricature

d)

inference

9.

What is theme?

a)

The author's main point in a paragraph.

b)

The lesson or moral of the story (narrative).

c)

The authors main point of the entire text.

d)

A one word subject such as love, bravery, or rebellion.

10.

What is imagery?

a)

The way the text makes the reader feel.

b)

The writer's attitude towards a subject.

c)

Hints the writer gives about what may happen.

d)

Language that appeals to the five senses.

11.

The contrast between what was expected and what actually happens in a story is what type of irony?

a)

verbal irony

b)

situational irony

c)

dramatic irony

d)

None of the above

12.

When an author gives an inanimate object human characteristics.

a)

personification

b)

pun

c)

metaphor

d)

oxymoron

13.

The attitude the writer takes towards a subject or an audience is

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Perspective

d)

Point of view

14.

A literary device, in which a scene that takes place in the past is inserted somewhere into the present narrative.

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Flashback

c)

Scene

d)

Cliffhanger

15.

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

a)

Flashback

b)

Mystery

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

dramatic irony

16.

The of the story where all the "loose ends" are tied up.

a)

Conflict

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

17.

The time and place of a story

a)

Mood

b)

Setting

c)

Plot

d)

Genre

18.

A struggle or problem in a story that the main character encounters.

a)

Resolution

b)

Conflict

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

19.

A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary work.

a)

Mood

b)

Theme

c)

Conflict

d)

Universal Theme

20.

Sequence of events in a story

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

21.

The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character.

a)

Internal Conflict

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

External Conflict

22.

The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves.

a)

External Conflict

b)

Tone

c)

Internal Conflict

d)

Mood

23.

When the author gives hints within a story about something that is going to happen later.

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Simile

d)

Foreshadowing

24.

Perspective from which the story is told.

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Point of View

c)

Plot

d)

Setting

25.

Narrator only gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of ONE character in a story, uses pronouns such as "she" "they", narrator not a character in the story

a)

First Person Point of View

b)

Second Person Point of View

c)

Third Person Omniscient ("all knowing") Point of View

d)

Third Person Limited Point of View

26.

A major category or type of literature such as fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, mystery, or historical fiction.

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Plot

d)

Genre

27.

The moral or message readers should learn from the story

a)
Climax
b)
Key Detail
c)
Conflict
d)
Theme
28.

A main character in a story, who carries and moves the action forward.

a)
1st person point of view
b)
antagonist
c)
protagonist
d)
3rd person point of view
29.
People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama
a)
narrator
b)
personification
c)
characters
d)
exposition
30.
Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story
a)
1st person point of view
b)
2nd person point of view
c)
3rd person point of view
d)
biography
31.
Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
simile
d)
personficiation
32.

Specific parts of the text that comes from a story, and that is used to support your analysis.

a)
denotative meaning
b)
connotative meaning
c)

textual evidence

d)
summary
33.
character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)
a)
indirect characterization
b)
direct characterization
c)
antagonist
d)
protagonist
34.
the narrator or a character in the story tells us exactly what we need to know about a character
a)
anecdote
b)
direct characterization
c)
indirect characterization
d)
inference
35.
Uses "you" and reader is a character in the story
a)
1st person point of view
b)
2nd person point of view
c)
3rd person point of view
d)
mood
36.
Author's attitude about their subject (Ex. Admiring, critical, nostalgic, sarcastic)
a)
text structure
b)
mood
c)
tone
d)
3rd person point of view
37.
Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
personification
d)
simile
38.

An object that represents an idea, such as a "rose means love."

a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
idiom
d)
symbolism
39.
Comparison of unlike things that states or implies that one thing is the other (Ex. It is an oven in here.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
personfication
d)
simile
40.
Narrator is not a character in the story and refers to all characters as "he" or "she"
a)
author
b)
1st person point of view
c)
2nd person point of view
d)
3rd person point of view
41.
foreshadowing
a)
a past event inserted into a story
b)
summary of past events
c)
clues or hints about future events to happen
d)
summary of future events
42.
allusion
a)
an image
b)
an object that represents something else
c)
a reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.
d)
an overused phrase
43.
dramatic Irony
a)
Opposite happens but readers see it coming only
b)
Opposite happens but character see it coming only
c)
Opposite happens and readers & characters see it coming
d)
Opposite is said of what is meant; sarcasm
44.
Information gathered directly from the text to support reader's statement in response to the prompt is called 
a)
textual evidence
b)
character description
c)
foreshadowing
d)
composition 
45.
The PROTAGONIST is always the good person in a story.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
The ANTAGONIST may be human or non-human.
a)
True 
b)
False
47.
Every story must have a CONFLICT.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
Which literary term is represented  in the picture?
a)
tone
b)
setting 
c)
antagonist
d)
theme
49.
What type of conflict is represented in the picture?
a)
person vs person
b)
person vs self
c)
person vs society
d)
person vs nature
50.

What type of conflict is represented in the picture?

a)

person vs person

b)

person vs self

c)

person vs technology

d)

person vs supernatural

51.
The picture illustrates what POINT OF VIEW?
a)
1st person narrator
b)
3rd person narrator
52.
If a story is told in 3rd person, it means the narrator is...
a)
a character in the story
b)
an outside observer
53.
In what part of the plot diagram does the story come to an end?
a)
exposition
b)
falling action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
54.
What part of the plot diagram marks the most exciting or intense moment in the story?
a)
exposition
b)
climax
c)
rising action
d)
resolution
55.
What type of conflict is represented in the picture?
a)
person vs supernatural
b)
person vs self
c)
person vs person
d)
person vs nature
56.
Literary terms can be applied to books, movies and even song lyrics.
a)
True
b)
False
57.

A description of the American flag to represent patriotism and a love for one’s country.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Allusion

c)

Symbolism

d)

Personification

58.

Language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Imagery

d)

Symbolism

59.

An implied discrepancy between what is said and what is actually meant......

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Onomatopoeia

60.

Determining time and place in fiction

a)

Rhyme

b)

Setting

c)

Simile

d)

Plot

61.

The attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, etc.

a)

Symbol

b)

Theme

c)

Tone

62.

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. [EX: sweet smell of success; a dime a dozen; bigger and better; jump for joy]

a)

Alliteration

b)

Theme

c)

Setting

d)

Idiom

63.

Action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding

a)

Symbol

b)

Personification

c)

Flashback

64.

An exaggeration or overstatement. [EX: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse; He's as big as a house].

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Imagery

d)

Allusion

65.

"Rome was not built in a day" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)
an idiom.
b)
a metaphor.
c)
hyperbole.
d)
simile
66.
The main character is
a)
the antagonist.
b)
the protagonist.
c)
the narrator.
d)
the author.
67.

So there is water on Mother Earth and water in Father Sky — and that is why the sky is blue. This story is passed down from generation to generation within Native American tribes, is an example of what?

a)

Short Story

b)

Ballad

c)

Myth

d)

Epic Poem

68.
What is the voice telling the story referred to as?
a)
the sage
b)
the voice of wisdom
c)
the voice of reason
d)
the narrator
69.
One thing that separates nonfiction from fiction is
a)
characters.
b)
factual information.
c)
setting.
d)
details
70.
The great warrior was alive with death contains
a)
an oxymoron.
b)
a metaphor.
c)
an idiom.
d)
symbolism
71.
The governor contemplated a run for the White House. What part of speech is contemplated.
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
72.

"Re-" and "Di-"s are common

a)
suffixes.
b)
affixes.
c)
prefixes.
d)
endings.
73.

"The chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion." This is an example of

a)
of personification.
b)
an oxymoron.
c)
hyperbole.
d)
a pun.
74.

Point of View

a)

repeating of the same beginning consonant sound in a two or more words

b)

The audience knows more than the character in the story

c)

position from which the story is being told

d)

understood meaning of a word or phrase; an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

75.

1st Person Point of View

a)

thing, person, or place that stands for itself or something bigger

b)

“I am telling the story” (I/me)

c)

The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

d)

The narrator is telling the story and can see inside ALL characters

76.

2nd Person Point of View

a)

The story is talking directly to you

b)

author’s feeling put into a work; voice the author uses

c)

giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

d)

point the author is trying to make

77.

3rd Person LIMITED Point of View

a)

feeling the reader is trying to give the reader

b)

The narrator is telling the story and can see inside ONE character

c)

thing, person, or place that stands for itself or something bigger

d)

words that create pictures in our minds by using the 5 senses (touch, taste, hear, smell, sight)

78.

3rd Person OMNISCIENT Point of View

a)

thing, person, or place that stands for itself or something bigger

b)

understood meaning of a word or phrase

c)

opposite of the expected outcome

d)

The narrator is telling the story and can see inside ALL characters

79.

Dramatic Irony

a)

repeating of the same beginning consonant sound in a two or more words

b)

giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

c)

The audience knows more than the character in the story

d)

compare 2 things using like or as

80.

Situational Irony

a)

position from which the story is being told

b)

understood meaning of a word or phrase

c)

author’s feeling put into a work; voice the author uses

d)

The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

81.

Verbal Irony

a)

sarcasm – using words to mean something different than how they appear

b)

The narrator is telling the story and can see inside ONE character

c)

dictionary definition of a word or phrase

d)

point the author is trying to make

82.

Symbolism

a)

thing, person, or place that stands for itself or something bigger

b)

reference to a real person, event, time or work of literature in a fictional story

c)

understood meaning of a word or phrase

d)

feeling the reader is getting from the story

83.

Allusion

a)

words that create pictures in our minds by using the 5 senses (touch, taste, hear, smell, sight)

b)

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

c)

reference to a real person, event, time or work of literature in a fictional story

d)

dictionary definition of a word or phrase

84.

Connotation

a)

feeling the reader is getting from the story

b)

message the author is trying to teach; must be inferred

c)

comparing two things using like or as

d)

understood meaning of a word or phrase

85.

Denotation

a)

message the author is trying to teach; must be inferred

b)

dictionary definition of a word or phrase

c)

The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

d)

The narrator is telling the story and can see inside ALL characters

86.

Theme

a)

message the author is trying to teach; must be inferred

b)

feeling the reader is getting from the story

c)

dictionary definition of a word or phrase

d)

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

87.

Central Idea

a)

author’s feeling put into a work; voice the author uses

b)

words that create pictures in our minds by using the 5 senses (touch, taste, hear, smell, sight)

c)

point the author is trying to make

d)

The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

88.

Tragedy- A play that shows the downfall or death of the main character.

a)

True

b)

False

89.

The Hero character archetype is motivated by desiring to leave a mark

on the world.

a)

True

b)

False

90.

Catharsis- The purging feelings of pity and fear that, according to Aristotle, occur in the audience of tragic drama.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Partially True

91.

Soliloquy-

A story in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on stage. If there are no other characters present, the soliloquy represents the character thinking aloud.

a)

True

b)

False

92.

Antagonist​-

A character or force against which another character struggles.

a)

True

b)

False

93.

Antihero-

Is the main character of a story, but one who does act like a typical hero. Antiheroes are often not a little villainous.

a)

True

b)

False

94.

Narrator-

The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author.

a)

True

b)

False

95.

What type of character archetype is Romeo from Shakespeare's "Romeo and

Juliet?"

a)

The Jester

b)

The Hero

c)

The Lover

d)

The Rebel

96.

"Etymology" is the study of _________

a)

Words

b)

Literature

c)

Poems

d)

Short Stories

97.

Which of the following is NOT considered an integral Epic Structure?

a)

Invocation

b)

Epithet

c)

In Media Res

d)

Foreshadowing

98.

Which of the following is part of the "Extraordinary World?"

a)

Call to action

b)

Meeting the mentor

c)

Restoring Order

d)

Grand trial

99.

What type of rhetorical device names one thing as another?

a)

zeugma

b)

synecdoche

c)

rhetorical question

d)

metonymy

100.

What style is sentence structure?

a)

Syntax

b)

Grammar

c)

Diction

d)

Figurative Language

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