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Literary Terms 9

Quiz by Maria Wishart

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  • Q1
    literary work (or part of one in which a character is speaking about him/herself as if another person were present. Reveals something important about the character
    dramatic monologue
    soliloquy
    personification
    epic
    30s
  • Q2
    someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character, bring out each other's opposite characteristics
    tragic hero
    antagonist
    protagonist
    character foil
    30s
  • Q3
    long narrative poem that tells of the deeds and adventures of a hero
    genre
    ballad
    tragedy
    epic
    30s
  • Q4
    repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of words
    alliteration
    meter
    consonance
    assonance
    30s
  • Q5
    repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
    meter
    consonance
    alliteration
    assonance
    30s
  • Q6
    category or type of literature (or other art) based on its style, form, content
    epic
    tone
    genre
    meter
    30s
  • Q7
    overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer's use of words
    tone
    allusion
    mood
    rhythm
    30s
  • Q8
    character who experiences an inner struggle because of a character flaw
    protagonist
    tragic hero
    character foil
    soliloquy
    30s
  • Q9
    similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words (they have similar sounds/endings)
    rhythm
    assonance
    meter
    rhyme
    30s
  • Q10
    patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
    meter
    foot
    rhyme
    epic
    30s
  • Q11
    author's choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
    diction
    tone
    meter
    genre
    30s
  • Q12
    main character or hero of a story
    character foil
    antagonist
    protagonist
    tragic hero
    30s
  • Q13
    speech delivered by a character when he or she is alone on stage
    tragedy
    personification
    soliloquy
    dramatic monologue
    30s
  • Q14
    literary work in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and by forces beyond his or her control
    novel
    tragedy
    epic
    30s
  • Q15
    literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person
    simile
    personification
    allusion
    metaphor
    30s

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