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English I
LITERARY TERMS
DIAGNOSTIC
The following sentence is an example of which literary device?
The leaves danced in the wind gracefully.
QUESTION 1
The following phrase is an example of which literary device?
Bad Luck
QUESTION 2
What type of conflict includes man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. society?
QUESTION 3
What technique do writers use to create and develop characters?
QUESTION 4
• The following song lyric is an example of which literary device?
• “It’s been a hard days night, and I’ve been working like a dog.”
-The Beatles
QUESTION 5
A character in opposition with the main character is also known as what?
QUESTION 6
The ________ is the turning point of the story, which occurs after the reader has
understood the conflict and become emotionally involved with the characters.
QUESTION 7
The first stage of a story that introduces
the setting and the main characters
is the _____?
QUESTION 8
The following sentence is an example of what literary device?
Success is a staircase.
QUESTION 9
________ consists of descriptive words or phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader often appealing to one of the five
senses.
QUESTION 10
The following is an example of what literary device?
A white dove is a bird that represents peace.
QUESTION 11
_______ is the attitude a writer takes toward a subject by communicating with their
own feelings.
QUESTION 12
_________ is an attitude or a feeling associated with a word, in contrast to the
word’s __________, which is its literal, or dictionary meaning. (There are two different
answers to this question)
QUESTION 13
Man vs. self is an example of
what type of conflict?
QUESTION 14
______ is a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality—usually in
which reality is the opposite of what it seems.
QUESTION 15
A sequence of events in which a story takes place is known as what literary device?
QUESTION 16
In a literary work, _______ is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the
reader using descriptive words.
QUESTION 17
The main character involved in the central conflict of the story is also known as what?
QUESTION 18
________ refers to the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem,
or work of nonfiction.
QUESTION 19
The time and place a story takes place is an example of what literary device?
QUESTION 20
A _______ character is one who undergoes important changes as the plot unfolds.
A ______ character is one who is not highly
developed.
A ______ character is one who remains the same throughout a story.
A ______ character is one who is complex and highly developed, having a variety of traits and
different sides to his or her personality.
QUESTION 21
In the plot of a story, the _______ follows the climax and shows the results of the
important action that happened at the climax.
QUESTION 22
A _______ is like a mask worn by the writer, separating his or her identity from that
of the speaker or the narrator.
QUESTION 23
______ is the final stage in the plot development of a story.
QUESTION 24
________ is the stage in the plot in which the conflict develops and story events build
toward a climax.
QUESTION 25
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