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Atwal Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms Quiz

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for a play that ends happily, in which the main character gets what he or she wants?

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

Monologue

d)

Soliloquy

2.

Which term describes a speech given by a character alone on stage, revealing their thoughts?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Aside

c)

Soliloquy

d)

Monologue

3.

What is the literary device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of at least two words?

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

4.

Which term refers to a comparison using "like" or "as"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

5.

What is the term for an exaggerated statement used to make a point?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Imagery

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

6.

What is the literary term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning, middle or end of at least two words in a line of poetry?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Consonance

c)

Eulogy

d)

Exposition

7.

Which term describes a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms?

a)

Foreshadow

b)

Climax

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Resolution

8.

What is the term for a hint or indication of a future event in a story?

a)

Rising action

b)

Foreshadow

c)

Falling action

d)

Exposition

9.

Which term refers to the direct relationship between an action or event and its consequence or result?

a)

Cause and Effect

b)

Climax

c)

Resolution

d)

Eulogy

10.

What is the term for a speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly, typically someone who has just died?

a)

Exposition

b)

Eulogy

c)

Climax

d)

Inciting event

11.

Which term describes the introduction of background information within a story?

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Resolution

d)

Rising action

12.

What is the term for the event that introduces the central conflict and sets the plot in motion?

a)

Falling action

b)

Inciting event

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

13.

Which term describes the part of a story where the tension reaches its highest point?

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Falling action

d)

Resolution

14.

What is the term for the events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution?

a)

Rising action

b)

Falling action

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

15.

Which term refers to the conclusion of a story where conflicts are resolved?

a)

Climax

b)

Resolution

c)

Exposition

d)

Rising action

16.

What is the point of view called when the narrator is a character in the story using "I" or "we"?

a)

3rd person limited

b)

1st person

c)

3rd person omniscient

d)

Direct characterization

17.

Which point of view allows the narrator to know the thoughts and feelings of all characters?

a)

1st person

b)

3rd person limited

c)

3rd person omniscient

d)

Indirect characterization

18.

What is the term for the method of character development in which the author directly describes a character?

a)

Indirect characterization

b)

Direct characterization

c)

Flat Character

d)

Dynamic Character

19.

Which term describes a character who does not undergo significant change throughout the story?

a)

Dynamic Character

b)

Static Character

c)

Round Character

d)

Flat Character

20.

What is a play that represents serious and important actions and ends unhappily for the main character, typically including death?

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

c)

Drama

d)

Monologue

21.

What is a long speech made by one character to one or more other characters onstage?

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Dialogue

c)

Monologue

d)

Aside

22.

What is the term for a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

23.

What is the giving of human like qualities to an animal, object, or idea called?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

24.

What is the term for a a remark that other characters on stage are not supposed to hear?

a)

Monologue

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Dialogue

d)

Aside

25.

What is the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning called?

a)

Imagery

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Repetition

d)

Oxymoron

26.

Which term describes the repeating of sound, words, phrases, or lines in a poem to emphasize an idea?

a)

Rhyme scheme

b)

Assonance

c)

Repetition

d)

Consonance

27.

What is the pattern of end rhyme in a poem called?

a)

Assonance

b)

Rhyme scheme

c)

Consonance

d)

Foreshadow

28.

Which term refers to the repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of words in a line of poetry?

a)

Consonance

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Assonance

d)

Imagery

29.

What are figures of speech or vivid descriptions use to produce mental images (appeal to the five senses) called?

a)

Eulogy

b)

Imagery

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

30.

What is a condensed form of the original text made up of only the main details called?

a)

Summary

b)

Simile

c)

Paraphrase

d)

Falling action

31.

What is a detail-by-detail retelling called?

a)

Summary

b)

Paraphrase

c)

Protagonist

d)

Falling action

32.

What is a story that is written to be acted for an audience called?

a)

Comedy

b)

Rising action

c)

Drama

d)

Metaphor

33.

Who is the character that the story revolves around?

a)

Flat Character

b)

Protagonist(s)

c)

Antagonist(s)

d)

Round Character

34.

Who is the character that is going against the the protagonist called?

a)

Flat Character

b)

Static Character

c)

Antagonist(s)

d)

Protagonist(s)

35.

What is it called when the opposite of what you would expect to happen, happens?

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Skittles Irony

36.

What defines a flat character?

a)

Undergoes significant internal change

b)

Well-developed and complex

c)

Simple and one-dimensional

d)

Stays the same throughout the story

37.

What is a dynamic character?

a)

Simple and one-dimensional

b)

Undergoes significant internal change

c)

Stays the same throughout the story

d)

Well-developed and complex