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A middle school level quiz of basic literary terms
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison using like or as
The central or dominating idea
Language used to portray sensory experiences using 5 senses
Compares two unlike things to reveal a quality or aspect
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What is a simile?
The way an author reveals a character's personality
The feelings a reader gets from the story
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
The main or central character in the story
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The main or central character in a work of literature is the...
flashback
protagonist
antagonist
theme
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When a writer inserts a scene into a story that occurred before the present time, it is a...
symbol
point of view
dialogue
flashback
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What is NOT included in this example: The crusty coach was like Cruella de Ville.
alliteration
personification
allusion
simile
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What do you call an unchanging character?
anti-hero
dynamic character
static character
round character
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The quarterback's aching spine groaned every time he stepped onto the field.
personification
alliteration
simile
onomatopoeia
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The perspective from which the story is told is the...
mood
conflict
point of view
setting
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What is the means through which an author reveals a character's personality?
Personification
Characterization
Mood
Alliteration
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Where a story takes place (time period, location, characteristics of surroundings) is its...
Mood
Setting
Point of View
Conflict
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What is hyperbole?
The way an author reveals a character's personality
The feelings the reader gets from a story
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
Describing animals, objects, or ideas with human qualities
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What is alliteration?
When two or more words in a group begin with the same letter
The feelings a reader gets from the story
The central or dominating idea
The sequence of events in a story
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Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities/emotions:
personification
mood
alliteration
characterization
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An object, setting, event, animal, or person that is itself, but also has another meaning is a
plot
flashback
metaphor
symbol
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What is conflict?
A struggle between opposing forces
Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later
Conversation between characters
The way an author reveals a character's personality
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In a flurry of chaos, the bride was a walking disaster when gathering the items from the suite.
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification
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The opponent or enemy of the main character is the...
antagonist
protagonist
simile
symbol
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Words that imitate the sounds of what they describe are called...
conflict
imagery
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
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What is a theme?
The central idea; the "message"
A comparison using like or as
A struggle between opposing forces
The sequence of events in a story
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Foreshadowing is...
a clue or hint about something that is going to happen later
the environment of the story (place, time, location)
a struggle between opposing forces
describing animals, objects, or ideas with human qualities
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The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature is the...
mood
theme
characterization
symbol
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What point of view gives the most "one-sided" information?
second person POV
limited third person OOV
first person POV
omniscent POV
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What is dialogue?
When two unlike things are compared using like or as
The conversation between characters in a work of literature
The sequence of events in a story
The central or dominating idea
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Using language to portray sensory experiences using the five senses is...
personification
imagery
foreshadowing
onomatopoeia
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What is the plot?
The perspective from which a story is told
The conversation between characters
The sequence of events in a story
The main character
