Literary Terms Pre-test B.

metaphor
C. flashback
Name: ____________________________________________ D. conflict
1. Which genre include stories with characters who try to solve 11. The main character is the:
a crime or unexplained event? A. dialect
A. Folk Tale B. meter
B. Mystery C. plot
C. Historical Fiction D. protagonist
D. Realistic Fiction 12. A prediction or hints of what will happen is called:
2. This genre serves as an information source such as an atlas A. foreshadowing
or directory. B. personification
A. Information C. alliteration
B. Biography D. genre
C. Newspaper 13. When the author takes the reader back in time to a
D. Reference memory, this technique is called:
3. This is an anonymous, timeless, and place-less story that A. foreshadowing
was originally told rather than written. B. alliteration
A. Play C. flashback
B. Fantasy D. figurative language
C. Folk Tale 14. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region
D. Reference is called:
4. This genre includes narration demonstrating a useful truth, A. dialect
especially in which animals speak as humans. B. dialogue
A. Fantasy C. fable
B. Play D. meter
C. Folk Tale 15. The opposing force or character in a story is called the:
D. Fable A. Protagonist
5. _____ includes words arranged in metrical pattern, often B. Character
using rhymed verse in an imaginative style. C. Antagonist
A. Science Fiction D. Conflict
B. Prose 16. A type of literature is called:
C. Poetry A. meter
D. Mystery B. setting
6. The “meaning” intended in a text is often referred to as the C. genre
A. Purpose D. plot
B. Theme 17. When characters speak, it is called:
C. Meaning A. figurative language
D. Tone B. dialogue
7. The perspective from which a story is told is called the: C. dialect
A. Perspective D. mood
B. Narrator 18. When, where, and the time a story takes place is called
C. Protagonist the:
D. Point of view A. plot
8. An author’s attitude within a text is called the: B. setting
A. Mood C. resolution
B. Theme D. conflict
C. Tone 19. When the climax or conflict is solved it is called the:
D. Conflict A. plot
9. The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called the: B. setting
A. conflict C. resolution
B. protagonist D. conflict
C. mood 20. The sequence of events in a story is the:
D. text features A. setting
10. A struggle or problem in the story for the main character is B. conflict
the: C. resolution
A. protagonist D. plot
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