Literary Terms
The structure of events in a short story is called the ____
What is plot?
Choose the correct homophone:
If you are on Team A, stand over _____.
There Their They're
What is there?
Jessie Smith, who I call Jess, is moving across town.
What is who I call Jess?
A person, place, or thing is called what?
What is noun?
True or False:
After you see your test score, you can take a pretest.
What is false?
_______ gives the audience hints or signs about the future. It suggests what is to come through imagery, language, and/or symbolism.
What is foreshadowing?
Choose the correct homophone:
I wish I could have a second slice of that _____.
dessert desert
What is dessert?
What is the appositive?
A silly dog, Sammy likes to run in circles when the door bell rings.
What is a silly dog?
What is a word that is used in place of a noun?
Ex. "She" went to the store
instead of: Sara went to the store.
What is pronoun?
True or False:
If you undergo adversity in life, you face suffering and hardships.
What is true?
The main character in the story is called the ______.
What is the protagonist?
Choose the correct homophone:
Cora wore her favorite pink shoes, _____ she received as a birthday gift.
Witch Which
What is which?
What is the appositive?
The car, a small, blue Honda, has four inches of snow covering it.
What is a small, blue Honda?
What is a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Ex. She quietly tiptoed down the hallway.
What is adverb?
True or False:
If someone was showing you preferential treatment, he would not offer you a discount.
What is false?
The "feel" of a piece of writing, established through elements such as atmosphere, formality, and dialect.
(Hint: this is not the Mood of the piece)
What is tone?
Choose the correct homophone:
Those kids _____ my little cousins.
Are Our
What is are?
My cousin Westin likes to ride his horse in the evenings.
Who is Westin?
What is a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses?
What is conjunction?
True or False:
Photosynthesis is a subtopic of Astrology?
What is false?
"He ate so much! What a pig!" is an example of what literary device?
What is metaphor?
Choose the correct homophone:
The treatment did not ____ her the way the therapist had hoped.
Effect Affect
What is affect?
What is the appositive?
Upset by the call, the nurse went to the room, a small, white waiting area near the elevator.
What is a small, white waiting area near the elevator?
What is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence?
Ex. "By the tree..." or "Under the chair..."
What is preposition?
True or False:
When something is advantageous to you, it helps you in someway.
What is true?