Literary Terms Test Review

a character who remains the same

a division or type of literature

a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to refer to an earlier time

clues that suggest events that have yet to occur in a work of fiction; helps create suspense

a verbal exaggeration and distortion to create an immediate, comic, often satirical effect

Which point of view includes an all-knowing narrator who tells the story through the eyes of different characters?

a word that mimics the sound that it makes

a STATEMENT that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless, tru

the sequence of events in a literary work

These examples belong to which genre? short story, anecdote, character sketch, fable, legend, myth, tall tale, novel

the atmosphere; the feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage often suggested by descriptive details

the author directly states the character's traits

Which point of view includes a narrator who tells the story through only one character's eyes?

a secondary plot that is related to the mainplot but not essential to it

the substitution of a mild or less negative word for a harsh or blunt one

the central message about life

the writer's choice of narrator determines this

a character that is contrasted with another character; opposites

writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses

words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary or to an object or abstract idea

the problem of a piece of literature

a speaker or character who tells the story; determines the point of view

the dictionary meaning of a word

a character who undergoes a change

These examples belong to which genre? editorial, journal/diary entry, informational/explanatory, analytical, speech

These examples belong to which genre? comedy, tragedy

Which type of irony are words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant?

a contradictory WORD PAIR

the use of a person, a place, an activity or an object that stands for something beyond itself

a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality

an expression that has meaning different from the meaning of its individual words

Who is the main character in a literary work?

Which point of view includes a character in the story who tells the story?

These examples belong to which genre? biographies, autobiographies, personal essays

the author gives clues about the character's traits through speech, character's actions, character's thoughts/feelings

These examples belong to which genre? epic, ballad, sonnet, lyric, elegy, ode

a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea

a character whose actions are inspiring or noble

a joke that comes from a play on multiple meanings of a word

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or art

Which type of irony is an event that occurs that contradicts the expectations of the reader?

a standard image of a particular group of people

Which type of irony involes a character who thinks one way but the audience knows something opposite?

the set of associations that occur to people when they hear/read a word