Literary Terms Assessment

What is the term for exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

• hyperbole

• paradox

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs called?

• inference

• personification

• denotation

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth is called:

• metaphor

• paradox

• conflict

• personification

What is the figure of speech that describes something by saying it is something else to create a more imaginative understanding?

• analogy

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Which term refers to a thing that stands for or represents something else?

• metaphor

• epithet

• symbol

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?

• paradox

• setting

• prologue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What do you call a short passage added at the end of a literary work to let readers know what happens to characters after a story has ended?

• flashback

• pun

• epilogue

• prologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which term describes a serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character?

• paradox

• drama

• tragedy

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• mood

• imagery

• alliteration

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• conflict

• setting

• imagery

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3