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The protagonist is:
The character that helps the story to move along.
The character that opposes the main character
The main character of the story
The boring character
Identify one element of prose fiction.
Antagonist
Plot
Foil
Conflict
Settings refers to:
The time and location of a story
The climate of a story
How the story is set out
The weather in the story
The moral of the story is also known as the …
Storyline
Climax
Character
Theme
The point of the story when the conflict reaches its peak is called the…
Climax
Rising action
Falling action
Denouement
‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’ is an example of a
Plot
Conflict
Setting
Theme
When the story is told by a speaker outside of the story, this is known as.
Characterization
Setting
Third person narrative
Antagonist
When two consecutive lines of poetry constitute a unit, it is called a________________
Poem
Couplet
Rhyme
Bi-line
The statement, ‘After the accident he ached in a million places’ is an example of.
Dishonesty
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Words like ‘crash’, ‘splash’ and ‘murmur’ appeal to which of the senses ______________
Taste
Sight
Hearing
Touch
A group of four lines of poetry which is a recognizable unit is called a_________________
Quatrain
Stanza
Verse
Quadrad
A stanza is a _____________
Segment of a poem
Line of poetry
Kind of poem
Rhythmic pattern
Which of the senses is being appealed to in the phrase ‘footsteps like drum beats’?
Smell
Sight
Hearing
Touch
What literary device gives inanimate objects human characteristics?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Oxymoron
Another name for playwright is_____________
Actor
Dramatist
Writer
Author
The _______________________ refers to the text of the play.
Words
Script
Lines
Act
A(n) ________________ is a major division in a play. There is usually a major development which begins, has its climax and ends.
Scene
Act
Partition
Chapter
Which of the following is not an example of a type of play?
Tragedy
Comedy
Dramatic
Historical
_________________________ aid in guiding the actor and or actress in how he or she should behave on stage.
Stage directions
Spectacle
Script
Asides
When an actor stands alone onstage and speaks to himself or to the audience, this can be referred to as_______________.
An aside
A speech
A monologue
A soliloquy
When I say ‘ He has left us’ instead of saying ‘He died’, this is an example of_______
Euphemism
Metonymy
Sarcasm
Metaphor
Which of the following words best describes the feeling created by the description in line 3?
Peaceful
Surprised
Impatient
Suspenseful
In line 4, the phrase “like a stream of glass” suggests the water is
Cold
Deep
Dirty
Smooth
In line 5, what do the “first bird” and the “first bud” most likely represent?
The cage
The springtime
The bud’s beauty
The bird’s ancestor
How is the first stanza most different from the rest of the poem?
The stanza suggests the bird is bored with his life.
The stanza describes how the bird looks, rather than how he acts.
The stanza suggests the bird is unwise for wanting his life to change.
The stanza describes what the bird likely desires, rather than what he experiences.
Which of the following words best describes the tone of the poem?
Fearful
Apologetic
Passionate
Wondering
1. Which meaning of the word faint is used in line 6?
Exhausted
Apologetic
Passionate
Wondering
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