Final Exam Review - Literary Terms

Question 1

_____ occurs when a narrator tells a story while focusing on only one character’s perspective.

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Third-person limited

Question 2

We learn that Harry is an orphan who lives with the Dursleys in the _____ stage of the plot.

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exposition

Question 3

We learn about a character through their speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, looks.

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indirect characterization

Question 4

During the _____, Bod faces the man Jack in the Sleer's cavern.

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climax

Question 5

The T sound in, "Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door."

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consonance

Question 6

The _____ occurs when the Hogwarts letter shows up at Harry's house.

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inciting incident

Question 7

The genre of The Graveyard Book is _____.

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supernatural/horror

Question 8

The ____ is the voice telling a story, which is often different from the author’s own voice.

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narrator

Question 9

BOOM. They knocked again. There was a crash behind them...

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onomatopoeia

Question 10

The genre of Harry Potter is _____.

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fantasy

Question 11

The graveyard, present; Privet Drive & Hogwarts, present day; Poland, 1940s; rural MS, 1930s

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setting

Question 12

Neil Gaiman names his book after The Jungle Book and references it in his plot.

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allusion

Question 13

When a story transitions to an earlier time and interrupts the chronological order of events.

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flashback

Question 14

The N sound in, "While I nodded nearly napping..."

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alliteration

Question 15

An ____ is a saying whose meaning can’t be understood from the individual words in it.

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idiom

Question 16

A rhyme that occurs within the lines of a poem is a/an ____.

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internal rhyme

Question 17

The use of words, phrases, and figurative language to appeal to our senses.

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imagery

Question 18

The _____ introduces characters, setting, & background info needed to understand the story.

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exposition

Question 19

Harry, Bod, Hannah/Chaya, Cassie

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protagonist

Question 20

We learn that the man Jack is out to get Bod in the _____ stage of the plot.

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exposition

Question 21

The _____ introduces the conflict of the story and begins the rising action stage.

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inciting incident

Question 22

The genre of The Devil's Arithmetic is _____.

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historical fiction

Question 23

The ____ stage is the end of the story where loose ends are wrapped up.

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resolution

Question 24

During the ___ stage, conflicts begin to resolve and the results of the climax are illustrated.

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falling action

Question 25

Snape is a ____ because Harry and the readers think he is after the Sorcerer's Stone.

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red herring

Question 26

_____ is poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

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free verse

Question 27

Nazi soldiers capture Hannah/Chaya and the other Jews during the _____ stage.

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rising action

Question 28

In ROTHMC, the storm represents the growing conflict between the black and white communities.

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symbolism

Question 29

Hagrid uses ____ when he uses words like "summat" to mean something or "yeh" to mean you.

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dialect

Question 30

The genre of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is _____.

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historical fiction

Question 31

Harry and friends learn to fly brooms & a troll shows up in the dungeon during the _____ stage.

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rising action

Question 32

The A sound in, "For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore..."

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assonance

Question 33

A rhyme that occurs at the end of the lines of a poem is a/an ____.

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end rhyme

Question 34

Draco Malfoy is a _____ to Harry because his bad traits call attention to Harry's good traits.

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foil

Question 35

Authors use this to create a feeling of uncertainty about what will happen next in the plot.

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suspense

Question 36

A ____ is a deliberate exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

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hyperbole

Question 37

____ is a hint or clue from the author about something that will occur later in the story.

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foreshadowing

Question 38

_____ occurs when a narrator tells a story while focusing on many characters’ perspectives.

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Third person omniscient

Question 39

When authors make fictional stories believable & similar to reality, they are using _____.

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verisimilitude

Question 40

A combination of two contradictory/opposite words (living death, pretty ugly, jumbo shrimp).

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oxymoron

Question 41

It is important to remember that the ____ of a poem is not the same as the author of the poem.

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speaker

Question 42

A literary technique authors use to capture the reader’s interest at the beginning of a story.

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hook

Question 43

The ____ is the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of poems. (ex. ABAB CDCD)

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rhyme scheme

Question 44

The kids crash the bus and Stacey gets into a fight with T. J. during the _____ stage.

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rising action

Question 45

A ____ is a direct comparison of two unlike things, saying one thing is the same as another.

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metaphor

Question 46

____ occurs when the audience knows more about a situation than the characters do themselves.

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dramatic irony

Question 47

A ____ is a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

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simile

Question 48

A ____ character remains the same throughout the novel. The antagonist is often one.

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static

Question 49

We learn that Cassie is African American living in the south in the _____ stage of the plot.

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exposition

Question 50

Silas erases Scarlett's memory during the _____ stage of plot development.

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falling action

Question 51

_____ stories are narrated by the character him/herself (usually the protagonist).

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First-person

Question 52

The _____ is the turning point & is the moment of highest interest, tension, and/or emotion.

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climax

Question 53

The ____ is the series of events that make up the story.

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plot

Question 54

A ____ character undergoes change during the story. Main characters often undergo change.

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dynamic

Question 55

Voldemort/Quirrell, the Nazis, the man Jack, the Wallace & Sims families

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antagonist

Question 56

During the ____ stage, tension and conflicts increase, and the plot gets more complicated.

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rising action

Question 57

The lullaby Mrs.Owens sings to Bod is an example of _____.

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foreshadowing

Question 58

____ occurs when human characteristics are given to an animal, object, or idea.

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personification

Question 59

_____ is the term for the people, animals, or imaginary creatures in a story.

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character

Final Exam Review - Literary Terms

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Final Exam Review - Literary Terms

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