Literary Terms Quiz

The high point or turning point in a story. 

The main character  in a story or drama.  

The repetition of beginning, identical consonant sounds. 

Technique in which idea, custom, behaviors etc are ridiculed for purpose of improving society. 

Lit. device where author speaks of or describes an animal/object/ideas as if it were a person. 

The conversation carried on by the characters in a literary work. 

When the reader "knows" information that the characters in the play or story are unaware of. 

Material the author, editor, etc adds to text to indicate movement, attitude, quality of speech

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell. 

Scene that interrupts the action of a story or drama to describe events that took place earlier

From the Greek word which means "excessive pride". 

A speech delivered while a character is on stage by him/herself, to inform the audience 

Repetition of vowel sounds. 

The underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand. 

The person or thing working against the protagonist or hero in a work. 

Two line stanzas in a poem. 

Truth exaggerated for emphasis. 

Pattern or sequence in which rhyme occurs. 

A lyric poem of 14 lines commonly written in iambic pentameter: Shakespearean, Italian etc

The direct comparison of two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as".