Literary Terms Quiz 41-55

What is a humorous, exaggerated imitation of another work for insight or humor?

• Parody

• Satire

• Sarcasm

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What term describes giving an inanimate object human characteristics?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the term for the action of the story?

• Theme

• Setting

• Plot

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is writing organized into sentences and paragraphs, not poetry?

• Verse

• Prose

• Stanza

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Who is the main character in a novel, story, or play?

• Antagonist

• Narrator

• Protagonist

• Sidekick

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the use of a word in a way that plays on its different meanings?

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Irony

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is a four-line stanza or poetry called?

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Haiku

• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a question not meant to be answered?

• Rhetorical Question

• Inquiry

• Hypothetical Question

• Open-ended Question

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a form of verbal irony that conveys a certain idea by saying the opposite?

• Satire

• Sarcasm

• Parody

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is a work that makes fun of someone or something?

• Parody

• Satire

• Irony

• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6