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