Literary Terms
Grammar
Literature
Literary Terms 2
MISC.
100
The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character. a. Tone b. Mood c. Theme
a. Tone
100
Is the word in all caps in the following sentence a physical verb or a mental verb? He sat WONDERING whether his mom would even return.
Mental
100
Who wrote "To Build a Fire"?
Jack London
100
A conversation between two or more characters. a. dialogue b. monologue c. discussion
a. dialogue
100
True or False? The Chinese language greatly influenced the English Language when English was first established in 800 A.D.
False
200
The truth about life revealed in a work of literature. a. Subject b. Theme c. Symbol
b. Theme
200
Identify the TWO prepositions in the following sentence. The cat ran up the tree after the squirrel.
"up" and "after"
200
Fill in both blanks: In "The Struggle to be an American Girl," the main character says that she thinks her native _____________ language is ugly, and that languages like _____________ sound much prettier. Choices - German, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian.
1st blank = Chinese 2nd Blank = French
200
A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people. a. phonics b. dialect c. ebonics
b. dialect
200
Who wrote "A Modest Proposal?" a. Jonathan Smith b. Jonathan Swift c. Jonathan South
b. Jonathan Swift
300
A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, or than. a. Simile b. Allusion c. Metaphor
a. Simile
300
Identify the pronoun in the following sentence: Amy was worried that her hair didn't look good that morning.
her
300
Who wrote the book "A River Runs Through it"? A. Neal Maclean. B. Norman Maclean. C. Paul Maclean.
B. Norman Maclean
300
A struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces. a. opposition b. conflict c. motive
b. conflict
300
The annual prize given to the best author in the world is called what? a. Pulitzer Prize b. Adams Prize c. Nobel Prize
c. Nobel Prize
400
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive. a. Metaphor b. Personification c. Figurative Language
b. Personification
400
Identify the adverb in the following sentence. The defendant stared at the jury angrily when the judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
angrily
400
If you wanted to make fun of someone/something in a comical/sarcastic way while still trying to get a serious point across, would what you are doing be considered PARODY or SATIRE?
Satire
400
The story of a person’s life, written or told by that person. a. Biography b. Personal Narrative c. Autobiography
c. Autobiography
400
In Which state did "A River Runs Through it" take place?
Montana
500
Any force that drives or moves a character in a literary work to behave in a particular way. a. Mood b. Incentive c. Motivation
c. Motivation
500
Find the adjective in the following sentence. The melon was so deliciously juicy.
juicy
500
In "The Most Dangerous Game," General Zaroff claims that his father owned a quarter of a million acres of hunting land in which region of the world? a. Russia b. The Crimea c. The Caucasus
b. The Crimea
500
An interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.
Flashback
500
What is the technical name for a 14 lined poem with an alternating rhyme scheme and follows iambic pentameter?
A Sonnet
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