Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices

What is the ordinary form of written language that occurs in two forms: fiction and non-fiction?

• Prose

• Poetry

• Drama

• Script

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

What is the term for the time and place of the story’s action?

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the sequence of events in a literary work, including exposition, narrative hook, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement, called?

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

• Characterization

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 do you call a character who develops or changes through the course of the story?

• Dynamic character

• Static character

• Flat character

• Stock character

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 character who does not change called?

• Static character

• Dynamic character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the term for a character who shows many different traits, faults as well as virtues?

• Round character

• Flat character

• Static character

• Stock character

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

What is the term for a character seen in only one way; only one side of the personality is revealed?

• Flat character

• Round character

• Dynamic character

• Protagonist

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

Who is the main character in a literary work?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Narrator

• Editor

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

What do you call the person or force that opposes or competes against the protagonist?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Narrator

• Ally

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is it called when the author directly states the character’s traits?

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

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