reference to a well-known person, place, event or literary work of art
alliteration
allusion
anecdote
analogy
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
brief story about an interesting, amusing or strange event
alliteration
anecdote
allusion
fable
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
person or animal who takes part in an action of a literary work
character
hero
narrator
biography
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
this character shows varied and sometimes contradictory traits
round character
flat character
stereotype
dynamic character
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
this character reveals only one character trait
round character
flat character
stereotype
dynamic character
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
a flat character who is a repeated type with a collection of traits supposedly shared by all members of a group
round character
flat character
stereotype
static character
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
a character that changes his personality traits during a story
round character
static character
dynamic character
flat character
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
a character that remains primarily the same throughout the story
static character
dynamic character
stereotype
round character
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
act of creating and developing a character
characterization
conflict
personification
hyperbole
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
when the writer makes direct statements about a character's personality
indirect characterization
direct characterization
personification
caricature
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
when the writer requires the reader to infer a character's personality because the writer only demonstrates the personality through his or her words and actions or through the other characters' reflections
direct characterization
indirect characterization
personification
character making
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
struggle between opposing forces
confusion
conflict
theme
tone
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
when the character struggles against an outside force
internal conflict
external conflict
dark conflict
light conflict
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
the struggle takes place within the mind of the character
internal conflict
external conflict
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
taking an idea to excess; exaggerating a fact
hypertension
imagery
hyperbole
simile
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
figurative language that compares or equates seemingly unlike things using words such as is, was or were
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
allusion
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
"atmosphere" - feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
mood
symbolism
allusion
metaphor
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
speaker or character who tells a story
narrator
personification
reader
character
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
the use of words that imitate sounds such as crash, buzz, screech
sound effects
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
21. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
personification
animalistic
fable
simile
22. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
metaphor
simile
simplification
personification
23. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
the voice of a poem - sometimes that of the poet, sometimes that of a fictional person or even a thing. The speaker's words communicate a particular tone or attitude toward the subject of the poem
speaker
character
narrator
mood
24. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
an author's use of images and symbols to represent other ideas or realities
hyperbole
imagination
symbolism
mood
25. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
the attitude of the author/narrator toward the subject, ideas, themes or characters