Literary Texts
What type of literary text tells a made-up story?
a. theme
b. drama
c. fiction
d. conflict
To start a conversation or make people feel comfortable?
"Break the Ice"
Logical and consistent.
a. persuade
b. subtly
c. concessions
d. coherent
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
a. descriptive language
b. tone or mood
c. stanza
d. rhyme scheme
What part of speech replaces a noun?
a. adjective
b. verb
c. comparative
d. preposition
What is the problem or struggle in a story called?
a. fiction
b. nature
c. conflict
d. theme
If you "spill the beans", what have you done?
Revealed a secret.
Cause (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
a. concessions
b. ambiguity
c. persuade
d. negotiation
What do we call the overall feeling or emotion of a poem?
a. enjambment
b. rhyme scheme
c. tone or mood
d. stanza
What part of speech shows the relationship between a noun and another word?
a. verb
b. preposition
c. comparative
d. adjective
What type of conflict is between a character and nature?
a. character vs nature
b. climax
c. self vs nature
d. setting
What does "hit the books" mean?
To study.
In a clever and indirect way in order to achieve something.
a. compel
b. subtly
c. coherent
d. persuade
What kind of poem tells a story?
a. stanza
b. descriptive language
c. narrative poem
d. enjambment
What part of speech shows action or a state of being?
a. preposition
b. verb
c. adjective
d. infinitive
What is the lesson or message of a story called?
a. conflict
b. theme
c. resolution
d. plot
What does "costs an arm and a leg" mean?
Very expensive.
A thing that is granted especially in response to demands.
a. ambiguity
b. concessions
c. subtly
d. compel
What is repetition in a poem used for?
a. narrative poem
b. emphasize an idea or feeling
c. descriptive language
d. tone or mood
What kind of adjective compares two things?
a. adjective
b. verb
c. infinitive
d. comparative
What is a story written in dialogue and meant to be performed called?
a. setting
b. play
c. conflict
d. plot
If someone says "it's raining cats and dogs", what do they mean?
Raining heavily.
The quality of being open to more than one (interpretation, inexactness)
a. ambiguity
b. negotiations
c. persuade
d. coherent
What is imagery in poetry?
a. descriptive language
b. emphasize an idea or feeling
c. narrative poem
d. rhyme scheme
What is the base form of a verb?
a. comparative
b. preposition
c. infinitive
d. noun