Literary Terms

Language Arts 9

Pre-Assessment

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• The way a piece of literature makes the reader feel

• I don’t know what this kid’s reading, but it seems to have a really intense ______.

• A) theme B) tone• C) genre D) mood

2• The way a narrator

sounds, or the emotion that you sense the narrator is feeling.

• J.K. Rowling has hired an amazing actor, Jim Dale, to read her books, and he does a great job capturing the ______ of the series.

• A) tone B) mood• C) genre D theme

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• A reference to the past or A reference to the past or present present

• A) DialectA) Dialect

• B) AllusionB) Allusion

• C) ProtagonistC) Protagonist

• D) Antagonist D) Antagonist

44• The character set up The character set up

against the main against the main character.character.

• A) DialectA) Dialect

• B) AllusionB) Allusion

• C) ProtagonistC) Protagonist

• D) Antagonist D) Antagonist

5• An author’s hint or

clues as to what will happen later in the story

• A) Symbol

• B) Flashback

• C) Foreshadow

• D) Denotation

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The time and place that The time and place that story occurs.story occurs.

• A) AllusionA) Allusion

• B) ProtagonistB) Protagonist

• C) Antagonist C) Antagonist

• D) Setting D) Setting

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• The repetition of the first letter sound in a series of words.

• In addition to using rhyme, a poet can use ________ to create musical sound.

• A) assonance B) alliteration• C) analogy D) aphorism

8• Giving non-human things

human characteristics

• Cartoons, like the classic Mickey Mouse, typically use ______________ to enhance their stories, because the adventures of a talking mouse can be much more amusing than the adventures of some boy.

• A) character B) genre• C) personification • D) foreshadowing

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• The main character of The main character of a story.a story.

• A) DialectA) Dialect

• B) AllusionB) Allusion

• C) ProtagonistC) Protagonist

• D) Antagonist D) Antagonist

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• A) Symbol

• B) Flashback

• C) Foreshadow

• D) Denotation

• A scene that shows previous action so the reader can better understand the character or current events in the story.

• Soap operas love to use the ___________ so that the viewer can better understand what is motivating the character.

11• Something that stands for

something else.

• Author’s will often use nature as a ________ of impending death.

• A) Symbol• B) Flashback• C) Setting• D) Denotation

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• An extreme exaggeration

• “Yo Momma” jokes are usually very funny because they use __________ so well. Nobody’s mother is really that stupid or that fat.

• A) euphemism B) hyperbole• C) dialogue D) flashback

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• A comparison using like or as

• Many analogies are _________; for example:

• He’s as strong as an ox, or he runs like a cheetah.

• A) clichés B) similes• C) metaphors • D) personifications

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• The repetition of the vowel sounds in a series of words.

• I like ice cream at night time.

• This is clearly __________ because the “I” sound is repeated.

• A) alliteration B) assonance• C) aphorism D) analogy

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• A powerful, symbolic comparison often using “is” “was” or “are”

• It was a stab in the back when someone stole money from the cafeteria.

• A) simile B) hyperbole• C) flashback • D) metaphor

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• Words used to describe sounds

• A) imagery

• B) onomatopoeia

• C) understatement

• D) rhyme scheme

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• All the events that lead to

the climax.

• A) Introduction/exposition

• B) Inciting incident/trigger

• C) Rising action

• D) Climax

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• The most exciting/tense

part of the story.

• A) Introduction/exposition

• B) Inciting incident/trigger

• C) Rising action

• D) Climax

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conflict is introduced.

• Uh, Houston? We have a

problem!

• A) Introduction/exposition

• B) Inciting incident/trigger

• C) Rising action

• D) Climax

20• Where the conflict is resolved.

• “Whew! Glad that’s over!”

• A) Climax

• B) Falling action

• C) Resolution

• D) Denoument

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• Some stories have this part which

ties up all loose ends and

answers the reader’s questions.

• A) Climax

• B) Falling action

• C) inciting incident

• D) Denoument

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• A) trigger/inciting incident B) resolution

• C) falling action D) exposition/introduction A) denoument B)

climax C) rising action

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• A) Theme

• B) Subject

• C) Topic

• D) metaphor

• A) What the author is really trying to say; the main point he/she is trying to get across; the lesson or main message.

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• The struggle or problem The struggle or problem within a storywithin a story

• All stories must contain a All stories must contain a ________, otherwise the ________, otherwise the reader will lose interest.reader will lose interest.

• A) theme B) triggerA) theme B) trigger• C) conflict D) resolution C) conflict D) resolution

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Twilight is being told from the “I, we, me, us” point of view (pov)

• A) 1st Person POV

• B) 2nd Person POV

• C) 3rd Person POV

Maybe, if I looked like a girl from Phoenix should, I could work this to my advantage.

But physically, I'd never fit in anywhere. I should be tan, sporty, blond - a volleyball player,

or a cheerleader, perhaps – all the things that go with living in the valley of the sun.

32• This excerpt is being told from the “he, she, it, they” point of view (pov).

• A) 1st Person POV

• B) 2nd Person POV

• C) 3rd Person POV

Cole felt the mouse squirming free, so quickly he brought his fist to his mouth.

He pressed his hand again at his lips and forced the struggling rodent between his teeth.

It kept struggling, biting at Cole's lips and tongue.

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• Point of view where the narrator can only share the thoughts and emotions of one or two main characters.

• A) Limited POV• B) Omniscient POV• C) 3rd Person POV• D) 2nd Person POV

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• The repetition of consonance sounds anywhere in a series of words.

• A) assonance

• B) alliteration

• C) consonance

• D) iambic pentameter

• Don’t eat in that tent!

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point of view where the author can reveal the thoughts and emotions of all the characters.

• A) 2nd Person POV

• B) 3rd Person POV

• C) Limited POV

• D) Omniscient POV