Literary Terms Diagnostic/Review

What is a flashback?

Select the correct answer/s

Name the literary device

Define tone.

a character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, to highlight traits

Select the conjunctive adverbs

struggle in the story

repetition of consonants at the beginning of words in a phrase 

an indirect reference to something that the reader is familiar with is a/an

a group of words that has a subject and a verb and can stand by itself as a complete thought

In charge, decision maker, (flat)

dictionary or explicit meaning of a word (ex. father, house)

What is verbal irony?

uses you, yours, your's, yourself

Tybalt remarks: "holding a sword, yet talking of peace?"

What is dramatic irony?

a rhymed pair of lines.

form of persuasion, pulls on audience's ethics, relies on credibility of speaker

Select the correct answer/s

when something is based on opinion it is ___________________

O heavy lightness, serious vanity... Feather of lead?

What is irony?

Name the literary device: "The pigs were a squeal."

in a political speech that uses rhetorical appeals and devices, the author's purpose is

Authors create fully developed characters that have many layers of personality

"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."

under-developed characters. The reader can usually describe them in one sentence

"Beautiful tyrant!" "Fiend Angelical!"

when something is based on fact it is_________________

Define antithesis

over-used phrases that is not literal (ex it's raining cats and dogs)

The tension reaches its highest point; the outcome of the conflict is determined

Name the literary device

all knowing character that informs the reader

giving human characteristics to un-human things

Name the sound device: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."

Romeo is stuck by Cupid's arrow

Name the literary device, the smoke ditector burned.

a universally recognized symbol, theme, or character type that recurs across different cultures and literature. 

Servant cannot read but is given the job to deliver invitations by Lord Capulet

Indirect characterization

first person point of view 

What is a universal theme?

Leading questions that do not require response. Authors use these for argumentative purposes

Characterization

a speech where a character speaks their thoughts aloud, usually alone on stage- shares their inner feelings

a symbol or image that recurs throughout the text

Main idea or thesis

Direct characterization

Define "interminable"

uses he, she, it, they, them

Name the literary device: "Mike likes his new bike."

Used to denote confusion

In Media Res?

bawdy, talks too much, gossip, companion (round)

A character with various traits; traits that make him more human to the reader.

Select the coordinating conjunctions

when the readers know only one character's feelings, uses he, she, it, they, etc. 

Name the literary device, if a hero has too much pride.

A combination of words that contradict each other

those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed

an incomplete sentence missing a subject, a predicate, or both

form of persuasion, pulls on audience's emotions

Sometimes exists outside the plot, sometimes is a character in the story.

Prince Escalus: If ever you disturb our streets again,

NURSE: Even or odd, of all days in the year,  Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.

A character that stands in direct opposition to the protagonist.

Epic Simile

vantage point from which the write tells a story

What is foreshadowing?

a dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone, usually ending in a peacefully.

What does "figurative language" mean?

in a nonfiction passage that is heavy with facts and dates, what is the author's purpose?

Star-crossed?

Which might be considered a theme in the play Romeo and Juliet?

over the top, extreme exaggeration

The outcome in the story is opposite of what the reader expects 

a character that changes throughout the story

- / - / - / - / - /But soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

the goal that the author attempts to achieve

in drama, a short speech directed to the audience or another character.

What does plot mean?

not explicitly stated, reader has to "read between the lines" 

onomatopoeia

Name the literary device

The conflict is resolved

What is an enjambment?

peacemaker, calm and collected, thoughtful (round), foil to Tybalt

troublemaker, fiery, impulsive (round), foil to Benvolio

Imagery

poetry that does not contain regular patterns or rhythm or rhyme

Define mood

What is persuasive speech?

In an essay, what is a counterclaim?

Which are archetypes?

Name the literary device/s

Name the sound device: "the lumpy bumpy road"

A rhythmical pattern determined by the number and arrangement of stressed syllables or beats

14 line poem in iambic pentameter, ending in a couplet (ABABCDCDFEFEGG)

What is a symbol?

Define fortnight

A writer or speaker's choice of words

device breaks into a serious or tense situation in a story. It provides a break from tension- lightens mood

character that does not change in the story

Juliet's fear and confusion before she takes the potion that the friar gave her

ROMEO: If I profane with my unworthiest hand  This holy shrine

Conversation between two or more characters

form of persuasion, pulls on audience's logic

predisposed opinion similar to prejudice or stereotype

unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter

Romeo: Of a despised life, closed in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death.

cynical, realistic, mocking, changeable (round), foil to Romeo