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Check Your Literary Vocabulary
Check Your Literary Vocabulary
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A quiz based on Check Your Literary Vocabulary created by Jan-Louis Nagel for NDLA
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In a short story the point where the plot takes an unexpected turn is called the ... .
Point of no return
twist
Who cares?
Turning point
2
Shakespeare was a famous ... , which means an author writing for the stage.
writer
author
play writer
playwright
3
At the end of a short story there can be a ... ,that usually gives the title an ironic meaning.
motif
twist
protagonist
symbol
4
A technique where a narrative relates the thoughts going through the protagonist's mind.
river of consciousness
stream of consciousness
5
A device used in drama when a character speaks to himself sharing thoughts with the audience
amplification
analogy
soliloquy
allusion
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The main character of a narrative is also called the ... .
hero
batman
protagonist
main character! duh!
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The process of going through a story before it is published is called ....
checking
editing
proof reading
managing
8
When there is a recurring element, a certain phrase or an object, it is called a ...
motif
motive
notif
notice
9
Traditionally a poem is divided into ... .
stanzas
paragraphs
10
A technique that uses expressions that appear in other contexts but with a different meaning
still don't care
connotation
connotation
connottation
11
An actor in a play will have to learn his ... by heart.
plot
sentences
lines
12
Literary device where words beginning with the same letter or sound are used.
modification
aliteration
alliteration
allyteration
13
The ... will give us an impression of the characters based on what they do, think and say.
characterisation
characterization
characters
charakterization
14
A myth is usually a story about gods and humans, whereas a ... may also be about animals.
narrative
play
allegory
fable
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When a writer uses -he wants to give hints about how things will turn out later in the story.
forshadwoing
foreshadowing
shadowing
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The ... of a poem will describe its rhythm pattern.
rhyme scheme
meteor
stanzas
meter
17
If a story as a whole works as a symbol, it is called an ...
ellegory
falbe
allegory
fable
18
The ... of a narrative will tell us where and when the plot takes place.
plot
story
setting
character
19
An ... angle was usual in fairy tales legends, where the narrator knows everything that goes on
omniscientt
omnisient
omnicient
omniscient
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The ... of a story is the underlying message that the author wants to focus on.
moral
theme
plot
