Literary Terms

Question 1

When someone knowlingly says one things but means another

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Verbal Irony

Question 2

Chronological order arranges according

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to time

Question 3

There are four methods of characterization, which of the following is not one?

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What the character's traits are.

Question 4

What genre is a memoir

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Non fiction

Question 5

An error or mistake in reasoning

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Fallacy

Question 6

Author's message about life or human nature.

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Theme

Question 7

All knowing point of view

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omniscient

Question 8

Author's attitude toward his or her work

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Tone

Question 9

Highly imaginative fiction that portrays characters and/or events that are unrealistic

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Fantasy

Question 10

Which of the following is not a genre of non fiction

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poetry

Question 11

Gives hints as to what will happen

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Foreshadow

Question 12

Which would you look at to determine the theme?

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Title, How the character's change, Conflict

Question 13

Makes the reader curious about what will happen next

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Suspense

Question 14

What is mood?

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The feeling of the story.

Question 15

Mark Twain is the pen name of

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Samuel Clemens

Question 16

The Point of Greatest Interest in the Story

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Climax

Question 17

A true account of a person's life written by another

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Biography

Question 18

Which is an example of alliteration?

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The boy's dog begged for biscuits.

Question 19

He is called the Father of the Detective Story

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Edgar Alan Poe

Question 20

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllalbe

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Rhythm

Question 21

My heart is pounding like a jackhammer

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Simile

Question 22

Which of the following is not one of the four major genres?

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Biography

Question 23

A struggle or problem between two forces that must be solved in the story

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Conflict

Question 24

Which of the following is not an element of plot?

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Setting

Question 25

The narrator is a character in the story

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1st person narrative

Question 26

The truth is exaggerated for emphasis in

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a hyperbole

Question 27

A brief tale to show a moral or teach a lesson

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Fable

Question 28

Which is a reference to a famous person, event or work of art?

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allusion

Question 29

He didn't go to the gym because it didn't work out.

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Pun

Question 30

Whoop, Buzz, Murmur

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Onomatopeia

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