Literary Terms Review: Honors 7 Question Preview (ID: 62606)


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The classification of a literary work by its form, content, and style.
a) genre
b) theme
c) mood
d) Figures of speech

giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
a) metaphor
b) personification
c) simile
d) genre

The time and place of a story, novel, or other literary work.
a) setting
b) theme
c) character trait
d) mood

a comparison in which two things are compared without using the words like or as
a) personification
b) simile
c) metaphor
d) genre

a central topic, subject, message, or lesson within a work of literature
a) theme
b) setting
c) mood
d) conflict

the introduction or beginning of a story that reveals important background information
a) exposition
b) rising action
c) climax
d) falling action

the ending of a story
a) resolution
b) exposition
c) falling action
d) climax

The section of a story that leads toward the climax; the central conflict becomes clear in this section.
a) rising action
b) exposition
c) falling action
d) resolution

the most intense moment within a story; a turning point for the protagonist
a) climax
b) expostion
c) resolution
d) rising action

the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution
a) falling action
b) rising action
c) exposition
d) genre

to reach a conclusion on the basis of evidence and reasoning
a) infer
b) imply
c) suggest
d) guess

the emotion the author strives to evoke in the reader
a) mood
b) conflict
c) genre
d) theme

a struggle between opposing forces in a story
a) conflict
b) theme
c) genre
d) inference

Which of the following is an example of a man vs. man conflict in a story?
a) Two brothers fight over their father's inheritance.
b) A man is lost in the wilderness and fights to survive.
c) A woman battles with depression after a traumatic event.
d) A soldier struggles with his fear during a war.

a conflict in which characters are pitted against each other
a) man vs. man
b) man vs. nature
c) man vs. self
d) man vs. society

a conflict in which a character struggles against an animal or natural force
a) man vs. nature
b) man vs. man
c) man vs. self
d) man vs society

Which of the following is an example of a man vs. nature conflict in literature?
a) Harry Potter's struggle against Voldemort in Harry Potter
b) The sailors' battle against the sea in The Old Man and the Sea
c) Scout's fight against societal norms in To Kill a Mockingbird
d) Elizabeth Bennet's challenge against societal expectations in Pride and Prejudice

a conflict in which a character faces an inner struggle
a) man vs. man
b) man vs. nature
c) man vs. self
d) man vs. society

the individual attributes or qualities that make up a character in a story
a) genre
b) theme
c) figure of speech
d) character trait

a comparison of two things using the words like or as
a) metaphor
b) simile
c) personification
d) genre

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