Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Literary Terms Quiz

1. An _________________ point of view is when the narrator reports only the facts.

2. What increases through rising actions? _____________________________

3. What is correct word order? ______________________________________
4. What’s the difference between general setting and specific setting? _______________________________________________________________

5. The technique of language that the writer uses in a specific work is
a) diction
b) style
c) figure of speech.

6. Slang is casual speech. True or false

7. Multiple narrators means that the story is told from several different points of view. True or false

8. What describes the central concept in a narrative, dramatic or poetic text? ______________________________________________________________

9. A conversation between two characters is called a simile? True or false

10. What is the plot? _____________________________________________

11. She feels like a fish in the sea. What does this denote: _______________________________________________________________

12. Formal speech is everyday unofficial language. True or false
13. When the narrator can only give incomplete information, we call that a
a) limited point of view
b) incomplete point of view
c) partial point of view.

14. A round character is
a) a fat character
b) a character that changes along the story
c) a static character
d) none of the above.

15. ______________ is the person or voice telling the story.

16. What are the two types of omniscient point of view in a narrative story? ______________________________________________________________

17. How are the settings called at the beginning of the story?
______________________________________________________________

18. When is the final outcome of the story revealed? _________________________________________________________

19. Which type of narrator is not involved in a story and is only an observer?
a) first person
b) second person
c) third person.

20. Is this an example of irony: It is the beating of his hideous heart. True or false

21. A description is
a) the character name’s
b) the physical aspect
c) the psychological aspect
d) all the types above.

22. Sentence type are
a) affirmative
b) negative
c) simple, complex or compound.

23. Is this sentence a personification: The wind is furious today. True or false

24. What is the moment of supreme tension? ______________________
25. What should we not confuse the theme with? ___________________

26. What does the setting influence
a) the plot
b) the meaning of the story
c) the character
d) all of the above
e) none of the above.

27. This sentence uses imagery: The white little shinning ball in the midnight sky. True or false
28. What’s a sound pattern?
a) a color of a word
b) a vibrant sentence
c) the rhythm
d) the sound repetition in a sentence.

29. What is the protagonist?
a) a main character
b) a secondary character
c) a character who is in conflict with the main character.

30. Repetition of a consonant is called __________________

31. A static character sticks to other characters. True or false

32. The element that creates the conflict is called the _________________.

33. Alliteration is
a) a repetition of identical words
b) a repetition of consonant sound
c) a repetition of the initial letter or sound.

34. Through me, you discover the real personality of the characters? _________________________________________

35. I am the verbal exchange between characters. __________________

36. I am in conflict with the main character. Who am I? _____________

37. A stereotype character is a predictable character. True or false

38. The following sentence ‘’ his hands were cold as ice’’ represents
a) metaphor
b) abstractness
c) simile

39. The point of view in a narrative story is
a) The author’s opinion
b) Perspective from which story is told
c) Whether or not the narrator is present or not.

40. How do we know that it is a first person narration? ____________________________________________________________

41. Complete the sentence: Sentence length, word order, tone and sentence types are part of the _________________.
42. What is the setting?a. mood of the textb. where and when the story takes placec. a particular word or idead. none of the above
43. “She let the cat out of the bag.” This sentence represents:a. connotationb. denotationc. imagery
44. ______________ implies comparison of two things without using “like” or “as.”
45. Why is the setting important?_________________________________________________________________

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