How well do you know literary terms? Literary terms help to explain the language and the jargon in language arts. For this quiz, you will be required to understand the first-person point of view, the definition of motivation, an internal conflict, and the plot that contains the most tension. This quiz is all about literary terms. Give it a shot.
First person
Narrator
Main character
Protagonist
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The person telling the story is a character in the story.
Pronouns such as I, me and mine are used by a narrator throughout the text.
The story is told by the first person we meet in the story.
Pronouns such as him, her, they and them are used throughout the text.
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The sun smiled down on us as we walked down the path.
Love is a rose.
He has a heart of gold.
The mice ran across the room.
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Figure of speech
Tall tale
Irony
Symbol
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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Her eyes sparkled like the sea.
The rain drove us home.
Jim is the smartest person in our class.
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Reading question
Realism
Rhetorical question
A quiet question
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Resolution
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
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Tone
Theme
Mood
Irony
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Way.
Style.
Signature.
Theme.
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Always different.
What the reader learns about life from the text.
Stated at the beginning of the story.
Not important
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What causes a character to do, think, feel or say something
Inspiration
Time, place and weather
Goals in life
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The leaves danced in the wind.
Her eyes were like diamonds.
She is as sharp as a tack.
James is a beast on the court.
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Colonialism
Post-colonialism
Modernism
Realism
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By appealing to their emotions.
By appealing to their logic.
By appealing to their morals.
By appealing to their friends and family.
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I was so very tired, and I had nothing to eat.
Everyone in the room was thinking the same thing; they hated Jim.
Our first day of school was very long, and we didn't have anything exciting to do at all.
They all looked around, but no one could see a thing.
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Optimism
Alienation
Maturity
Integrity
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