Week 1 Vocab Quiz Practice

What is the term for the main character of a novel, play, or story?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Climax

• Theme

Which term describes a major character who opposes the protagonist in a story or play?

• Protagonist

• Climax

• Antagonist

• Metaphor

What is the central idea of a work called?

• Climax

• Theme

• Hyperbole

• Simile

What is the point at which the action in a story or play reaches its emotional peak?

• Climax

• Foreshadowing

• Onomatopoeia

• Central Idea

Which term refers to a comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

What is a comparison that uses “like” or “as” called?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Foreshadowing

Which term describes the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as “buzz”?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is a huge exaggeration called?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Climax

Which technique gives clues about something that will happen later in the story?

• Foreshadowing

• Climax

• Theme

• Onomatopoeia

What is the big point or the most important thing the writer wants to tell you about the topic?

• Theme

• Central Idea

• Climax

• Antagonist