A hint of what is to come in a literary work; giving hints or clues to the future of the story.
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Irony
Simile
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The author’s attitude toward the subject of a work; could be serious, happy, humorous, etc.
Dialogue
Tone
Style
Mood
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A 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.
Theme
Alliteration
Symbol
Allusion
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A technique used to keep the reader interested and guessing what will happen next
Plot
Irony
Metaphor
Suspense
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Words and phrases that the author uses to paint a picture in the reader’s mind; often uses the senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, sound).
Imagery
Symbol
Allusion
Style
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Example: His feet are as smelly as rotten eggs.
Metaphor
Simile
Analogy
Allegory
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A direct comparison of two unlike things.
Metaphor
Simile
Analogy
Relationship
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Giving an non-human object human qualities.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Oxymoron
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Extreme exaggeration to add meaning It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Examples: the living dead, jumbo shrimp, icy/hot, cold sweat
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different
anaphora
diction
figurative language
conceit
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A character who changes over the course of the story is...
round
flat
static
dynamic
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A character who does not change over the course of a story is...
round
flat
static
dynamic
15. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
You can hear me, but you're not listening to me.
paradox
synecdoche
litotes
alliteration
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The 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?
Allusion
Zeugma
Chiasmus
Asyndeton
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When a speaker who detaches himself/herself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech
Appositive
Apostrophe
Soliloquy
Aside
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The highest point of interest in a story.
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What type of conflict is this?
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Fate/God
Person vs. Person
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What type of conflict is this?
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
21. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What type of conflict is this?
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Fate/God
22. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What type of conflict is this?
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Self
23. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Time and place of the events of the story
Irony
Theme
Point of View
Setting
24. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Author’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.
Conflict
Theme
Irony
Exposition
25. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The viewpoint from which the story is told (Who is the narrator?)
Character
Author
Onomoatopoeia
Point of View
26. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A person, place, thing, or event that is used to represent something else (usually an idea).
Setting
Simile
Figurative Language
Symbol
27. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When 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 Twain
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Apostrophe
28. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The atmosphere or emotional condition created by the piece, within the setting
Motif
Mood
Tone
Point of View
29. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Play on Words
Hyperbole
Pun
Metaphor
Oxymoron
30. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
a 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.
oxymoron
paradox
juxtaposition
malapropism
31. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The internal repetition of vowel sounds where the consonants are different.
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
32. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The internal repetition of consonant sounds where the vowels are different.
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
33. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The repetition of initial sounds.
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
34. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation for a humorous effect is an example of
Appositive
Metonymy
Aprotronym
Malapropism
35. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The sequence of events in a story; what happens in a story
Plot
Character
Setting
Point of View
36. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When the reader/audience knows something the character doesn’t.
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Pathetic Fallacy
37. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When what you expect to happen is incongruent (does not match) with what actually happens.
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
38. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
39. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Language not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense
literal language
archaic language
figurative language
slang
40. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When some word or phrase is used to represent something else. (e.g. "suit" for business executive, or the "track" for horse racing)
metonymy
mytonyme
synechdokey
synechdoche
41. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole.
schenechdoky
metonymy
synecdoche
aptronym
42. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What 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 Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The story’s main character (could be the hero, but not always).
Antagonist
Protagonist
Static
Round
44. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A 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 indifferent
Dramatic Irony
Imagery
Pathetic Fallacy
Pun
45. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When a concrete object represents an abstract concept.