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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA hint of what is to come in a literary work; giving hints or clues to the future of the story.ForeshadowingSymbolIronySimile
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe author’s attitude toward the subject of a work; could be serious, happy, humorous, etc.DialogueToneStyleMood
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work; a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature
Ex. a reference to art, history, time, place, myth, another story, Bible, religions, people, etc.ThemeAlliterationSymbolAllusion - 4. Multiple ChoiceA technique used to keep the reader interested and guessing what will happen nextPlotIronyMetaphorSuspense
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWords and phrases that the author uses to paint a picture in the reader’s mind; often uses the senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, sound).ImagerySymbolAllusionStyle
- 6. Multiple ChoiceExample: His feet are as smelly as rotten eggs.MetaphorSimileAnalogyAllegory
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA direct comparison of two unlike things.MetaphorSimileAnalogyRelationship
- 8. Multiple ChoiceGiving an non-human object human qualities.MetaphorSimilePersonificationAlliteration
- 9. Multiple ChoiceRepetition of the initial consonant sounds of wordsPersonificationHyperboleAlliterationOxymoron
- 10. Multiple ChoiceExtreme exaggeration to add meaning
It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.AlliterationOnomatopoeiaHyperboleOxymoron - 11. Multiple ChoiceExamples: the living dead, jumbo shrimp, icy/hot, cold sweatAlliterationOxymoronHyperboleOnomatopoeia
- 12. Multiple Choicean elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly differentanaphoradictionfigurative languageconceit
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA character who changes over the course of the story is...roundflatstaticdynamic
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA character who does not change over the course of a story is...roundflatstaticdynamic
- 15. Multiple ChoiceYou can hear me, but you're not listening to me.paradoxsynecdochelitotesalliteration
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe stolen glances across the room made it clear that Leah and Keegan had a Romeo and Juliet thing going on.
What is this an example of?AllusionZeugmaChiasmusAsyndeton - 17. Multiple ChoiceWhen a speaker who detaches himself/herself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speechAppositiveApostropheSoliloquyAside
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe highest point of interest in a story.ClimaxRising ActionFalling ActionResolution
- 19. Multiple Choice
What type of conflict is this?Person vs. NaturePerson vs. SelfPerson vs. Fate/GodPerson vs. Person - 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of conflict is this?Person vs. SelfPerson vs. SocietyPerson vs. PersonPerson vs. Nature
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of conflict is this?Person vs. NaturePerson vs. SelfPerson vs. PersonPerson vs. Fate/God
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of conflict is this?Person vs. SocietyPerson vs. PersonPerson vs. NaturePerson vs. Self
- 23. Multiple ChoiceTime and place of the events of the storyIronyThemePoint of ViewSetting
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAuthor’s message in his/her literary work (What is the author trying to tell you?); the main idea of a literary work; lesson that applies to life.ConflictThemeIronyExposition
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe viewpoint from which the story is told (Who is the narrator?)CharacterAuthorOnomoatopoeiaPoint of View
- 26. Multiple ChoiceA person, place, thing, or event that is used to represent something else (usually an idea).SettingSimileFigurative LanguageSymbol
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhen the character says one thing but means another
Ex. “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” ~ Mark TwainDramatic IronySituational IronyVerbal IronyApostrophe - 28. Multiple ChoiceThe atmosphere or emotional condition created by the piece, within the settingMotifMoodTonePoint of View
- 29. Multiple ChoicePlay on WordsHyperbolePunMetaphorOxymoron
- 30. Multiple Choicea literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.oxymoronparadoxjuxtapositionmalapropism
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe internal repetition of vowel sounds where the consonants are different.ConsonanceAssonanceAlliterationOnomatopoeia
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThe internal repetition of consonant sounds where the vowels are different.ConsonanceAssonanceAlliterationOnomatopoeia
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThe repetition of initial sounds.ConsonanceAssonanceAlliterationOnomatopoeia
- 34. Multiple ChoiceUsing an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation for a humorous effect is an example ofAppositiveMetonymyAprotronymMalapropism
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThe sequence of events in a story; what happens in a storyPlotCharacterSettingPoint of View
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhen the reader/audience knows something the character doesn’t.Dramatic IronySituational IronyVerbal IronyPathetic Fallacy
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhen what you expect to happen is incongruent (does not match) with what actually happens.Dramatic IronySituational IronyVerbal Irony
- 38. Multiple ChoiceUse of a word whose sound imitates its meaningOxymoronHyperboleAlliterationOnomatopoeia
- 39. Multiple ChoiceLanguage not intended to be interpreted in a literal senseliteral languagearchaic languagefigurative languageslang
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhen some word or phrase is used to represent something else. (e.g. "suit" for business executive, or the "track" for horse racing)metonymymytonymesynechdokeysynechdoche
- 41. Multiple ChoiceA figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole.schenechdokymetonymysynecdocheaptronym
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhat is onomatopoeia?The use of words that imitate sounds.A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThe story’s main character (could be the hero, but not always).AntagonistProtagonistStaticRound
- 44. Multiple ChoiceA literary term for the attributing of human emotion and conduct to all aspects within nature. It is a kind of personification that is found in poetic writing when, for example, clouds seem sullen, when leaves dance, or when rocks seem indifferentDramatic IronyImageryPathetic FallacyPun
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWhen a concrete object represents an abstract concept.IronyMetaphorSynecdocheSymbol
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