Literary Terms
What literary term refers to a hint or clue about something that will happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
What is the first part of the plot diagram where the characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced?
Exposition
What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?
Noun
Which sentence correctly punctuates dialogue?
A. “I can't believe it”! said Marcus.
B. “I can't believe it!” said Marcus.
C. “I can't believe it”! Said Marcus.
D. “I can't believe it,” said Marcus!
B. “I can't believe it!” said Marcus.
What is the difference between tone and mood?
What literary term describes a scene in which the story goes back to an earlier event?
Flashback
What is the climax of a story?
The turning point or highest point of tension in the story, where the central conflict reaches a critical moment.
Identify the subject and verb in this sentence:
"The students completed their assignments."
Subject: students; Verb: completed
When a new character begins speaking in a piece of dialogue, what should the writer generally do?
Begin a new paragraph.
Consider these two sentences:
What is the mood of the first sentence? What is the mood of the second?
The first creates a peaceful/pleasant mood, while the second creates a threatening or frightening mood.
Identify the figurative language:
"I've told you a million times to clean your room!"
Hyperbole
What part of the plot contains the events that build tension and lead toward the climax?
Rising Action
Which sentence correctly fixes the faulty parallelism in the original phrase: "He wanted a car that was fast, reliable, and cost very little"?
Correct the dialogue punctuation:
"Where are you going"? Asked Jenna.
“Where are you going?” asked Jenna.
Which of the following definitions best captures the concept of an author's "voice" in literary analysis?
In Edgar Allan Poe’s line, "The dark and damp vault sank," the repetition of the short "a" sound in "dark," "damp," and "vault" is an example of which poetic device?
Alliteration
Following a tragic accident for which he unfairly blames himself, Arthur hears phantom sirens every night and spends hours rewriting his memories in his head to prove he could have prevented it. What primary type of conflict is Arthur experiencing?
Man VS Self
Internal Conflict
What is wrong with this sentence, and how should it be corrected?
"There going to leave they're books over their."
They're going to leave their books over there.
Put the following into correct dialogue formatting:
are you already putting out your halloween decorations she laughed its only august!
"Are you already putting out your Halloween decorations?" she laughed. "It's only August!"
"Ah, yes, nothing screams cinematic masterpiece quite like a two-hour close-up of a blinking neon sign while the main characters discuss tax law in monotone whispers."
Which term best describes the author's attitude toward the film?
When a poet inserts a strong pause or a break in the middle of a line of verse—often marked by punctuation like a comma or period—it is called a:
An enjambment
Throughout a story about a family recovering from a bitter divorce, the father attempts to repair an old, rusted grandfather clock in the hallway. No matter how many times he replaces the gears or winds the springs, the clock's hands remain permanently stuck at 11:58 PM, just two minutes before midnight. What does this physical object most likely symbolize in the narrative?
A. The family's financial struggles and lack of modern technology.
B. A literal hint that the house is haunted by a ghost from the past.
C. The family's emotional gridlock and their feeling of being frozen in time just before a major breakthrough or new beginning.
D. The father's poor mechanical skills and lack of patience.
C. The family's emotional gridlock and their feeling of being frozen in time just before a major breakthrough or new beginning.
Change the passive voice sentence "The broken window was repaired by the custodian" into the active voice?
The custodian repaired the broken window.
Correctly punctuate this dialogue:
"I don't know" Marcus said but I think we should leave before it gets dark
"I don't know," Marcus said, "but I think we should leave before it gets dark."