WorksheetsLiterary Terms 27-49
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_____is defined as: a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."
a)
metaphor
b)
pun
c)
satire
d)
simile
2.
_____is defined as: the sequence of events in a story.
a)
Plot
b)
Point of View( First Person)
c)
Conflict
d)
Resolution
3.
_____is defined as: a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sound of different words.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Resolution
c)
Pun
d)
Simile
4.
_____is defined as: the teller of the story; speaks directly to the reader.
a)
Audience
b)
Paradox
c)
Personification
d)
Narrator
5.
______is defined as: a type of third person narrator who can see all (into character’s thoughts, feelings, etc.).
a)
Protagonist
b)
Point of View (Omniscient)
c)
Antagonist
d)
Suspense
6.
_____is defined as: The emotional atmosphere of the text - typically the emotional response that the writer wants the reader to experience.
a)
Tone
b)
Symbol
c)
Mood
d)
Onomatopoeia
7.
_____is defined as: a direct comparison between two unlike things that have something in common.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Mood
8.
_____is defined as: anticipation resulting from having clues, but not yet knowing how things will turn out.
a)
Suspense
b)
Resolution
c)
Conflict
d)
Foreshadowing
9.
_____is defined as: words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. (Think comics.)
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Action
d)
Paradox
10.
_____is defined as: Part of the plot diagram that includes the events that develop the clues and the actions (builds to the climax).
a)
Satire
b)
Falling Action
c)
Rising Action
d)
Pun
11.
_____is defined as: the attitude the author has in an entire literary work.
a)
Mood
b)
Theme
c)
Tone
d)
Metaphor
12.
_____is defined as: when contradictory terms are combined in close proximity.
a)
Imagery
b)
Personification
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Onomatopoeia
13.
_____is defined as: Something that seems contradictory, but has truth behind it.
a)
Pun
b)
Insult
c)
Paradox
d)
Personification
14.
_____is defined as: something presented as less than it is.
a)
Understatment
b)
Tone
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Symbol
15.
_____is defined as: the main idea of the story. It is usually something that connects the story to the real word. It also often leads to a discussion or debate.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Paradox
c)
Theme
d)
Personification
16.
______is defined as: An object which stands for or represents something else more meaningful.
a)
Symbol
b)
Tone
c)
Assonance
d)
Denotation
17.
_____is defined as: when an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities.
a)
Paradox
b)
Personification
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Idiom
18.
When the person speaking is involved in the story- uses "I."
a)
Protagonist
b)
Setting
c)
Point of View (First Person)
19.
The main character of the story.
a)
Setting
b)
Point of View
c)
Protagonist
20.
The time and place of the story.
a)
Plot
b)
Setting
c)
Hyperbole
21.
Part of the plot diagram where the conflict has been resolved.
a)
Point of View (3rd Person)
b)
Satire
c)
Resolution
22.
The narrator is not a character - uses “he, she, they.”
a)
Point of View (3rd Person)
b)
Satire
c)
Resolution
23.
The use of irony, exaggeration, or humor to criticize peoples’ and society’s vices (often political).
a)
Point of View (3rd Person)
b)
Satire
c)
Resolution
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