Name: ______Period: ______
Vocabulary Assessment – Literary Terms
Match the definition/example with the correct term.
_____ 1. genrea. typically uses pronouns such as he/she/they/it (reporter)
_____2. fictionb. biography, autobiography, essay, informative text
_____ 3. non-fictionc. category of text or writing: fiction and non-fiction are examples
_____ 4. point-of-view d. narrator knows and shares character’s inner-most thoughts
_____ 5. first persone. short stories and novels that tell an imaginary story
_____ 6. third personf. typically uses pronouns such as I/me/my/we (part of story)
_____7. omniscientg. perspective from which a story is told
score ______/7
_____ 8. figurative languagea. a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
_____ 9. simileb. giving human characteristics to an animal, thing or idea
_____ 10. metaphorc. comparison of two unlike things (life is a journey)
_____ 11. hyperboled. sarcastic use of words – opposite of what they normally mean
_____ 12. onomatopoeiae. bent out of shape, under the weather, keep your chin up
_____ 13. oxymoronf. truth is exaggerated for effect – so hungry I could eat a horse
_____ 14. idiomg. words whose sound suggest meaning – rip, pop, crash, squeak
_____ 15. personificationh. repetition of consonants at the beginning of consecutive words
_____ 16. ironyi. “pretty language” - cannot be taken literally
_____ 17. alliterationj. vowel sound is repeated –We like to hop on top of Pop
_____ 18. assonancek. words that contradict each other – cold sweat
Score ______/11
_____ 19. foreshadowinga. attitude of the author
_____ 20. flashbackb. turning point of a story –nothing can ever be the same
_____ 21. symbolismc. force working against main character
_____ 22. protagonistd. introduces character(s), setting and conflict
_____ 23. character traitse. personal qualities of a character
_____ 24. tonef. the lesson, message, or moral of a story
_____ 25. themeg. sequence of events in a story (Freytag’s pyramid)
_____ 26. ploth. loose ends of the story are tied up
_____ 27. expositioni. conflict is resolved
_____ 28. rising actionj. main character
_____ 29. climaxk. use of an object to give deeper meaning to a story
_____ 30.falling actionl. a scene from an earlier event that interrupts a story
_____ 31. resolutionm. hints that suggest future events in a story
_____ 32. antagonistn. the plot thickens, central conflict begins to unfold
Score ______/14
_____ 33. sonneta. a word that is the opposite of another word (hot – cold)
_____ 34. coupletb. conclusion gained by reasoning - reading between the lines
_____ 35. synonymc. a generalization that doesn’t consider individual differences
_____ 36. antonymd. rhymed pair of lines in a poem
_____ 37. stereotypee. 14 line poem that follows strict rhyme scheme
_____ 38. inferencef. words that have the same meaning (buy – purchase)
Score ______/6Total Score:______/38