WorksheetsAtwal Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms Quiz
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is the term for a play that ends happily, in which the main character gets what he or she wants?
Tragedy
Comedy
Monologue
Soliloquy
Which term describes a speech given by a character alone on stage, revealing their thoughts?
Dialogue
Aside
Soliloquy
Monologue
What is the literary device that involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of at least two words?
Assonance
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Which term refers to a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
What is the term for an exaggerated statement used to make a point?
Hyperbole
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
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?
Oxymoron
Consonance
Eulogy
Exposition
Which term describes a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms?
Foreshadow
Climax
Oxymoron
Resolution
What is the term for a hint or indication of a future event in a story?
Rising action
Foreshadow
Falling action
Exposition
Which term refers to the direct relationship between an action or event and its consequence or result?
Cause and Effect
Climax
Resolution
Eulogy
What is the term for a speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly, typically someone who has just died?
Exposition
Eulogy
Climax
Inciting event
Which term describes the introduction of background information within a story?
Exposition
Climax
Resolution
Rising action
What is the term for the event that introduces the central conflict and sets the plot in motion?
Falling action
Inciting event
Climax
Resolution
Which term describes the part of a story where the tension reaches its highest point?
Climax
Exposition
Falling action
Resolution
What is the term for the events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution?
Rising action
Falling action
Exposition
Climax
Which term refers to the conclusion of a story where conflicts are resolved?
Climax
Resolution
Exposition
Rising action
What is the point of view called when the narrator is a character in the story using "I" or "we"?
3rd person limited
1st person
3rd person omniscient
Direct characterization
Which point of view allows the narrator to know the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
1st person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
Indirect characterization
What is the term for the method of character development in which the author directly describes a character?
Indirect characterization
Direct characterization
Flat Character
Dynamic Character
Which term describes a character who does not undergo significant change throughout the story?
Dynamic Character
Static Character
Round Character
Flat Character
What is a play that represents serious and important actions and ends unhappily for the main character, typically including death?
Comedy
Tragedy
Drama
Monologue
What is a long speech made by one character to one or more other characters onstage?
Soliloquy
Dialogue
Monologue
Aside
What is the term for a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
What is the giving of human like qualities to an animal, object, or idea called?
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
What is the term for a a remark that other characters on stage are not supposed to hear?
Monologue
Soliloquy
Dialogue
Aside
What is the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning called?
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Oxymoron
Which term describes the repeating of sound, words, phrases, or lines in a poem to emphasize an idea?
Rhyme scheme
Assonance
Repetition
Consonance
What is the pattern of end rhyme in a poem called?
Assonance
Rhyme scheme
Consonance
Foreshadow
Which term refers to the repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of words in a line of poetry?
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Imagery
What are figures of speech or vivid descriptions use to produce mental images (appeal to the five senses) called?
Eulogy
Imagery
Exposition
Climax
What is a condensed form of the original text made up of only the main details called?
Summary
Simile
Paraphrase
Falling action
What is a detail-by-detail retelling called?
Summary
Paraphrase
Protagonist
Falling action
What is a story that is written to be acted for an audience called?
Comedy
Rising action
Drama
Metaphor
Who is the character that the story revolves around?
Flat Character
Protagonist(s)
Antagonist(s)
Round Character
Who is the character that is going against the the protagonist called?
Flat Character
Static Character
Antagonist(s)
Protagonist(s)
What is it called when the opposite of what you would expect to happen, happens?
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Skittles Irony
What defines a flat character?
Undergoes significant internal change
Well-developed and complex
Simple and one-dimensional
Stays the same throughout the story
What is a dynamic character?
Simple and one-dimensional
Undergoes significant internal change
Stays the same throughout the story
Well-developed and complex
