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Practice all Literary Terms for 8th Grade English

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the literary term for 'a brief work of fiction'?

a)

Biography

b)

Epic

c)

Short Story

d)

Sonnet

2.

What is the literary term for 'writing that tells about real people, places, objects, events, and ideas'?

a)

Drama

b)

Fiction

c)

Poetry

d)

Nonfiction

3.

What is the literary term for 'literature that appears in verse form'?

a)

Prose

b)

Poetry

c)

Drama

d)

Novel

4.

What is the literary term for 'written to be performed by actors; it can be written in verse, prose, or both'?

a)

Drama

b)

Novel

c)

Poem

d)

Essay

5.

What is the literary term for 'a speech given by a character who is alone on stage'?

a)

Monologue

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Dialogue

d)

Aside

6.

What is the literary term for 'literature of a specific people or culture that is passed down through generations'?

a)

Sonnet

b)

Satire

c)

Epic

d)

Folklore

7.

What is the literary term for 'sequence of events'?

a)

Plot

b)

Theme

c)

Setting

d)

Conflict

8.

What is the literary term for 'the beginning of a story that includes background information'?

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Denouement

d)

Foreshadowing

9.

What is the literary term for 'stage that sets the plot in motion'?

a)

Resolution

b)

Climax

c)

Falling action

d)

Inciting incident

10.

What is the literary term for 'the action leading to the climax'?

a)

Rising action

b)

Falling action

c)

Resolution

d)

Exposition

11.

What is the literary term for 'the high point of the story'?

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Falling action

d)

Resolution

12.

What is the literary term for 'the action following the climax'?

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Rising action

d)

Falling action

13.

What is the literary term for 'the end of the story when the conflict is resolved'?

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Foreshadowing

14.

What is the literary term for 'the people, or animals that participate in the action'?

a)

Setting

b)

Characters

c)

Plots

d)

Themes

15.

What is the literary term for 'possess many different personality traits'?

a)

Round characters

b)

Flat characters

c)

Static characters

d)

Stock characters

16.

What is the literary term for 'have only one basic trait'?

a)

Static characters

b)

Round characters

c)

Dynamic characters

d)

Flat charcters

17.

What is the literary term for 'develop or grow during the story'?

a)

Dynamic characters

b)

Static characters

c)

Protagonist

d)

Antagonist

18.

What is the literary term for 'stay the same'?

a)

Antagonist

b)

Dynamic characters

c)

Protagonist

d)

Static characters

19.

What is the literary term for 'the main character'?

a)

Antagonist

b)

Protagonist

c)

Narrator

d)

Foil

20.

What is the literary term for 'someone or something against the main character'?

a)

Narrator

b)

Protagonist

c)

Antagonist

d)

Foil

21.

What is the literary term for 'the time and place of the action'?

a)

Setting

b)

Theme

c)

Plot

d)

Characterization

22.

What is the literary term for 'the message an author reveals through a story or poem'?

a)

Characterization

b)

Plot

c)

Setting

d)

Theme

23.

What is the literary term for 'perspective from which the story is told'?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Point of view

c)

Metaphor

d)

Irony

24.

What is the literary term for 'speaker or character who tells the story'?

a)

Audience

b)

Protagonist

c)

Antagonist

d)

Narrator

25.

The “I” narrator / the narrator is part of the action (More personal) is called _________.

a)

First person

b)

Second person

c)

Third person limited

d)

Omniscient

26.

The use of the pronoun you to address the reader (More informal or persuasive) is called _________.

a)

First Person

b)

Third Person

c)

Passive Voice

d)

Second Person

27.

The narrator is someone outside of the story. Uses pronouns like he and she. (More objective, formal, and impersonal) is called _________.

a)

Narrator

b)

First person

c)

Second person

d)

Third person

28.

The narrator is all-knowing and knows the thoughts of characters is called _________.

a)

Third Person Omniscient

b)

First Person Limited

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Second Person

29.

Told by a narrator outside the story. Only the thoughts and feelings of one character are described is called _________

a)

Second Person

b)

First Person

c)

Third Person Omniscient

d)

Third Person Limited

30.

Told by a narrator outside the story who can only report what he or she sees. The narrator does not know the thoughts or feelings of the characters unless told is called _________.

a)

Third Person Omniscient

b)

First Person Limited

c)

Third Person Objective

d)

Second Person

31.

Material that is invented or imagined is called _________.

a)

Fiction

b)

Non-fiction

c)

Biography

d)

Autobiography

32.

The use of an object to represent something else is called _________.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Symbolism

c)

Irony

d)

Hyperbole

33.

A scene from the past that interrupts the present is called _________.

a)

Dialogue

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Climax

d)

Flashback

34.

Clues given to create suspense is called _________.

a)

Flashback

b)

Irony

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Satire

35.

Words that appeal to the readers’ senses are called _________.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Imagery

c)

Alliteration

d)

Irony

36.

Giving human characteristics to a non-human subject is called _________.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

37.

The author’s attitude toward his work is called _________.

a)

Setting

b)

Theme

c)

Plot

d)

Tone

38.

The overall feeling of a literary work is called _________.

a)

Theme

b)

Mood

c)

Plot

d)

Setting

39.

Mocks or ridicules society is called _________.

a)

Allegory

b)

Satire

c)

Fable

d)

Parody

40.

Anything out of its proper time in history is called _________.

a)

Anachronism

b)

Euphemism

c)

Neologism

d)

Metaphor

41.

The act of creating or developing a character is called _________.

a)

Setting

b)

Narration

c)

Dialogue

d)

Characterization

42.

The author directly states a character’s traits is called _________.

a)

Direct characterization

b)

Indirect characterization

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Irony

43.

The reader must figure out the character’s traits is called _________.

a)

Flashback

b)

Direct characterization

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Indirect characterization

44.

A struggle between opposing forces is called _________.

a)

Harmony

b)

Resolution

c)

Conflict

d)

Agreement

45.

Conflict that is within the character (man vs. himself) is called _________

a)

External Conflict

b)

Internal Conflict

c)

Physical Conflict

d)

Social Conflict

46.

What is the literary term for conflict that is outside the character (man vs. man / man vs. nature)?

a)

External Conflict

b)

Internal Conflict

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Theme

47.

What is the literary term for when the reader knows more than the characters?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Dramatic irony

d)

Allusion

48.

What is the literary term for words that suggest the opposite of what is meant, such as sarcasm?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Verbal irony

49.

What is the literary term for the opposite of what is expected happening?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Irony of situation

d)

Hyperbole

50.

What is the literary term for a reference to a statement, a person, a place or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture?

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Hyperbole

51.

What is an author's choice of words called?

a)

Imagery

b)

Syntax

c)

Tone

d)

Diction

52.

What is the literary term for all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests?

a)

Connotation

b)

Denotation

c)

Alliteration

d)

Irony

53.

What is the dictionary meaning of a word called?

a)

Connotation

b)

Denotation

c)

Annotation

d)

Intonation

54.

What is the literary term for talking about something as if it were something else? Example: He is a monster.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

55.

What is the literary term for comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

56.

What is the literary term for an extended simile or metaphor that shows how two things are similar in two or more ways?

a)

Irony

b)

Analogy

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

57.

What is the literary term for a saying or expression that means something different in a certain region? Example: Break a leg.

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Proverb

d)

Simile

58.

What is the literary term for a huge exaggeration?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Irony

d)

Hyperbole

59.

What is the literary term for an expression that combines contradictory words? Example: Cold fire or Organized chaos.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

60.

What is the stylistic device for the repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words? Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole

61.

What is the stylistic device for the use of a word that imitates a sound? Example: Buzz or Hiss.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

62.

What is the stylistic device for the same and similar sounds at the end of words?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Rhyme

d)

Simile

63.

What is the stylistic device for the use of the same word or words?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

64.
In what part of the plot diagram are the characters and setting introduced?
a)

climax

b)
rising action
c)

exposition

d)
resolution
65.
What is the correct order of plot sequence?
a)

rising action, inciting incident, climax, exposition, falling action, resolution

b)

exposition, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution, inciting incident

c)

exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

d)

exposition, resolution, inciting incident, rising action, falling action climax

66.
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
67.

The lesson or moral of the story is called the what?

a)

conflict

b)

main character

c)

topic

d)

theme