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MDG lit terms and vocab REVIEW

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a comparison of two unlike things

using the words like or as

a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
analogy
2.

a comparison of two unlike things

by saying that one thing is a

dissimilar object or thing

a)
simile
b)
analogy
c)
metaphor
d)
literal
3.

an exaggeration that cannot

possibly be true

a)
hyperbole
b)
irony
c)
metaphor
d)
understatement
4.

giving human qualities to

nonhuman things

a)
personification
b)
dehumanization
c)
objectification
d)
animalization
5.

the repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of

words

a)
rhyme
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
alliteration
6.

a reference to a well-known person, place, or

event from history, literature, sports, popular culture, etc.

a)

Idiom

b)
Delusion
c)
Illusion
d)
Allusion
7.

The process of treating a person as if they are not a human.

a)

Isolation

b)

Smallpox

c)

Dehumanization

d)

Atlantic Slave Trade

8.

The process of treating a person as if they are not a human.

a)

Isolation

b)

Smallpox

c)

Dehumanization

d)

Atlantic Slave Trade

9.

What literary device is used when a writer gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals?

a)

objectification

b)

personification

c)

animalization

d)

dehumanization

10.

In literature, what is the term for the central message or insight into life that a writer conveys?

a)

character

b)

setting

c)

theme

d)

plot

11.

What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?

a)

character

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

theme

12.

What is the term for the time and place in which a story takes place?

a)

plot

b)

character

c)

setting

d)

theme

13.

What literary device is used when there is a hint or clue about what will happen later in the story?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Irony

d)

Flashback

14.

What is the term for the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions?

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

imagery

d)

simile

15.

What literary device is used when an object, person, or situation represents something else?

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

irony

d)

symbolism

16.

What is the term for the feeling of uncertainty or tension that a writer creates for the reader?

a)

suspense

b)

climax

c)

resolution

d)

foreshadowing

17.

What is the term for the technique used by a writer to create and develop a character?

a)

characterization

b)

dialoguization

c)

settingization

d)

plotization

18.

What is the term for a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

19.

What literary device is used when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what was expected?

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

20.

What is the term for the perspective from which a story is told?

a)

Character

b)

Setting

c)

Plot

d)

Point of View

21.

What is the term for a pause in the narrative to share details that happened previously?

a)

Flashforward

b)

Flashback

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Epilogue

22.

What literary device is used to give the reader hints or signs about the future?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Flashback

23.

This is when a person or an institution (like a government) treats someone like they are not human, in a cruel way.

a)

Humanization

b)

dehumanization

c)

Oppression

24.

When people do or say bad things to other people.....

a)

Mistreated

b)

Treated fairly

c)

mean people

25.

What is an example of PRIVILEGE?

a)

Having a bed to sleep in

b)

No bed

c)

No food

26.
capable of being touched or felt; having actual form and substance
a)
tangible
b)
cultivated
c)
scruple
d)
amenity
27.
the object of a hunt; prey
a)
zealous
b)
droll
c)
quarry
d)
condone
28.
removing or overcoming suspicion; inspiring confidence
a)
uncanny
b)
tangible
c)
solicitously
d)
disarming
29.
refined or cultured in manner
a)
cultivated
b)
uncanny
c)
scruple
d)
disarming
30.
something that adds to one’s comfort or convenience
a)
zealous
b)
quarry
c)
droll
d)
amenity
31.
amusingly odd or comical
a)
droll
b)
zealous
c)
uncanny
d)
imperative
32.
a feeling of uneasiness that keeps a person from doing something
a)
scruple
b)
quarry
c)
amenity
d)
cultivated
33.
in a manner expressing care or concern
a)
uncanny
b)
droll
c)
cultivated
d)
solicitously
34.
absolutely necessary
a)
disarming
b)
imperative
c)
zealous
d)
amenity
35.
intensely enthusiastic
a)
scruple
b)
zealous
c)
solicitously
d)
imperative
36.
so remarkable as to seem supernatural
a)
imperative
b)
tangible
c)
zealous
d)
uncanny
37.
This word means 'lazily'
a)
palpable
b)
quarry
c)
aristocrat
d)
indolently
38.
This word means 'capable of being touched or felt'
a)
palpable
b)
flounder
c)
indolently
d)
amenties
39.
This word means 'pleasantly easy to approach and talk to; friendly; polite
a)
zealous
b)
affable
c)
indolently
d)
debacle
40.
This word means 'follish or unwise'
a)
affable
b)
cultivated
c)
quarry
d)
imprudent
41.
This word means 'to move or act clumsily and in confusion'
a)
indolently
b)
flounder
c)
repast
d)
zealous
42.
This word means 'a member of a ruling class or of nobility
a)
affable
b)
debacle
c)
aristocrat
d)
condone
43.
This word means 'a meal'
a)
droll
b)
scruples
c)
debacle
d)
repast
44.
This word means 'a sudden, disasterous collapse, downfall or defeat'
a)
debacle
b)
droll
c)
condone
d)
affable
45.

a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event

a)

superstition

b)

quarry

c)

scruples

d)

droll

46.

severe mental or physical pain or suffering

a)

tangible

b)

lore

c)

cunning

d)

anguish

47.

a medium-sized sailboat equipped for cruising or racing

a)

yacht

b)

quarry

c)

droll

d)

lore

48.

a large French country house or castle

a)

yacht

b)

anguish

c)

chateau

d)

lore

49.

a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth

a)

superstition

b)

quarry

c)

lore

d)

droll

50.

It is a ________ that you shouldn't walk under a ladder.

a)

droll

b)

tangible

c)

superstition

d)

chateau

51.

The princess lived in a beautiful ________ on a hillside.

a)

chateau

b)

droll

c)

superstition

d)

yacht.

52.

I have no respect for Joe because he has no _______ about breaking the law.

a)

quarry

b)

anguish

c)

lore

d)

scruples

53.

It took a long time to solve the crime because the perpetrator was so _______.

a)

chateau

b)

cunning

c)

tangible

d)

droll