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.
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.
Always different.
What the reader learns about life from the text.
Stated at the beginning of the story.
Not important
What causes a character to do, think, feel or say something
Inspiration
Time, place and weather
Goals in life
Joe and his sister are arguing over a video game.
Taija is late for school because her train never came.
Kristi should be studying, but her sister keeps distracting her from her work.
Rafi knows cheating is wrong, but his friend has the answers to Mr. Kreger's English final and he really needs to get an A.
Resolution
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Optimism
Alienation
Maturity
Integrity
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.
First person
Narrator
Main character
Protagonist
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.
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.
Figure of speech
Tall tale
Irony
Symbol
Tone
Theme
Mood
Irony
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.
By appealing to their emotions.
By appealing to their logic.
By appealing to their morals.
By appealing to their friends and family.
Reading question
Realism
Rhetorical question
A quiet question
Colonialism
Post-colonialism
Modernism
Realism
Way.
Style.
Signature.
Theme.
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