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English 11 Literary Terms Review Quiz
English 11 Literary Terms Review Quiz
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A quick quiz on some of the most common Literary Terms / Dramatic Elements.
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The series of events that make up a story.
Point of View
Conflict
Setting
Plot
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Someone who opposes someone else (usually the main character)?
Conflict
Antagonist
Protagonist
Juxtapostion
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How the story makes the reader feel.
Mood
Allusion
Theme
Tone
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The feeling of anxiousness or nailbiting.
Irony
Juxtaposition
Hyperbole
Suspense
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"Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" is an example of which literary term?
Alliteration
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
6
"She is a rose in a bed of weeds."
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
Theme
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"Cheap" sounds negative, but "Inexpensive" sounds good.
Connotation
Onomatopoeia
Irony
Tone
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Two things compared to highlight the differences between them, Ex: "Angel vs Devil"
Alliteration
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
Allusion
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In
Romeo & Juliet
, Romeo had a dream that he's going to die. And then he dies at the end.
Metaphor
Foreshawdowing
Understatement
Overstatement
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"The chair laughed silently in the corner" is an example of which literary term?
Allusion
Personification
Onomatopoia
Metaphor
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When the opposite of what you'd expect happens, Ex: A strong guy being terrified of spiders.
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Regular Irony
Situational Irony
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"The sweet, warm brownie oozing drippy chocolate frosted melted in my mouth."
Imagery
Paradox
Personification
Allusion
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Which of these is a static/flat character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas? (multiple answers)
Max (the dog)
Mayor Augustus May Who
Cindy Lou Who
Grinch
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"Michael Jordan plays a little basketball."
Juxtaposition
Onomatopoeia
Understatement
Overstatement
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The person telling the story.
Theme
Narrator
Setting
Author
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Which of the following characters from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" are dynamic/round?
The Grinch
Mayor Augustus May Who
Cindy Lou Who
Max (the dog)
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The main character in a story.
Static/Flat
Antagonist
Protagonist
Dynamic/Round
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The Point of View that uses the pronoun "I"
3rd Person Limited
2nd Person
3rd Person Omniscient
1st Person
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The problem in the story.
Tone
Plot
Mood
Conflict
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The Point of View that uses the pronouns "he/she" and knows only one character's thoughts
3rd Person Omniscient
2nd Person
3rd Person Limited
1st Person
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A reference to a person/event in writing, Ex: "He was a regular Romeo with the ladies."
Metaphor
Paradox
Allusion
Alliteration
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An extreme exaggeration, Ex: "I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse!"
Understatement
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
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Something that stands for or resembles something else, Ex: "The heart stands for love."
Symbol
Irony
Oxymoron
Allusion
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"In life, you must fail if you ever hope to succeed" is an example of which literary term?
Oxymoron
Connotation
Simile
Paradox
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When the audience knows something that the characters don't, Ex: Romeo thought Juliet was dead.
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Regular Irony
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"She is like a rose in a bed of weeds."
Allusion
Paradox
Simile
Metaphor
27
"You broke my pencil. My whole day is ruined now!"
Overstatement
Oxymoron
Understatement
Paradox
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Where and when a story takes place.
Point of View
Onomatopoeia
Plot
Setting
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The point in the story where you find out the conflict and the tension is increased.
Climax
Expostion
Falling Action
Rising Action
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"She is to math as oil is to water" is an example of which literary term?
Allusion
Analogy
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
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The Point of View that uses the pronouns "he, she" and has a narrator who knows all thoughts
1st Person
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
2nd Person
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"White guys can't jump," and "Nerds are good with computers" are examples of:
Understatement
Onomatopoeia
Stereotypes
Hyperbole
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A polite or inoffensive way to say something that's negative or objectionable.
Euphemism
Paradox
Juxtaposition
Personification
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Using words joined together that have opposite meanings, Ex: "Little Giants"
Irony
Climax
Oxymoron
Paradox
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Words that create the sound that they describe, Ex: "Snap, Crackle, Pop."
Paradox
Allusion
Juxtaposition
Onomatopoeia
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The turning point or point of highest tension in the story.
Climax
Expostion
Rising Action
Falling Action
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The narrator's attitude toward the subject.
Plot
Tone
Theme
Mood
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The moral of the story or a life lesson.
Theme
Mood
Plot
Tone
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When someone says the opposite of what they mean, Ex: "Thank you for giving me this hard test!"
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Regular Irony
