Test: Literary Terms: Tier 1 - 20 Questions

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  1. theme
  2. rhyme scheme
  3. simile
  4. speaker
  5. onomatopoeia
  1. a tells the story in a poetic piece
  2. b the use of words that by their sound suggest their meaning
  3. c a similarity between two objects or ideas, using like or as (and sometimes than)
  4. d central idea
  5. e the pattern of rhyme in a poem

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. a character, object, or scene that sets off another by contrast (e.g., Ned Flanders for Homer Simpson)
  2. the perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient)
  3. unrhymed poetry that has a regular rhythm and line length, especially iambic pentameter
  4. the pattern of events in a play, poem, or fictional work.
  5. tells the story in a prose piece

5 True/False Question

  1. metaphor → an arranged pattern of rhythm in a line of verse

          

  2. situational irony → occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening

          

  3. diction → the use and choice of words

          

  4. connotation → the exact/literal meaning of a word, as found in the dictionary

          

  5. resolution → the final unraveling or solution of the plot

          

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