9-week Literature Terminology TEST

Multiple Choice Quiz-Cherokee Block-9 week FINAL
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When an author compares one thing to another and uses "like" or "as" in doing so, what type of figurative language is the author using?
Mood
simile
Theme
Character
A drama that ends light and funny is called a what?
Dialogue
Memoir
Autobiography
Comedy
What do you call the lines spoken by the actors in a play?
Exposition
Theme
personification
Dialogue
The movie titled, "Titanic", is an example of what kind of drama?
Monologue
Tragedy
diction
Autobiography
What is a person or creature in a story is called?
symbolism
Tragedy
Resolution
Character
What do you call the sequence of events that reveal the conflict in a story or a play?
Dialogue
Plot
dramatic irony
Exposition
If an author gives nonliving things the characteristice of a living thing, the author is using what form of figurative language?
personification
Character Traits
Biography
Tragedy
What do you call the type of literature that is both written and acted out on stage?
Aside
Comedy
Character
Drama
When an author writes about a special event that happened in their life, what type of nonfiction is it?
Dialogue
Memoir
Theme
Resolution
The words that are chosen by an author based on the story's location and the time period of the story is _________.
Drama
diction
dramatic irony
Theme
What tells the reader or the audience where and when a story happens?
Resolution
Setting
dramatic irony
Exposition
What do yo call the words used to describe a character?
diction
simile
Character Traits
Dialogue
__________ helps both the reader and the audience to understand what is going on because it introduces the characters and the setting of the story or play.
Comedy
Exposition
Drama
Resolution
___________________________ is a story written by an author about his or her own life.
Theme
Plot
Autobiography
Comedy
There is a central message in every piece of literature. What is this message called?
Plot
Theme
diction
Setting
What type of dialogue is it when an actor gives a long speech and he/she is talking to another actor on stage?
Monologue
dramatic irony
Exposition
Biography
An ____________________ is a short comment made to the audience by an actor that only the audience is suppose to hear.
Aside
Character
Biography
personification
What do you call the end of a story when it is a short story or a novel?
Memoir
Tragedy
Plot
Resolution
When an author uses a word or an object to represent a specific feeling or idea, the author is using what form of figurative language?
Soliloquy
Dialogue
Monologue
symbolism
What type of dialogue is it when an actor delivers a long speech to the audience, sharing his/her feelings or thoughts?
Soliloquy
Stage Direction
Drama
Biography
What do you call the author of a play?
Playwright
Plot
personification
Soliloquy
When there is a situation in which the audience knows more about what is going on in the story than the characters do, is called _____________.
Character Traits
dramatic irony
Character
Soliloquy
What do you call the effect a story has upon the reader?
Mood
Autobiography
simile
symbolism
What do you call the notes in the margins of a piece of dramatic literature that tell the actors what to do and where to stand?
dramatic irony
Exposition
Stage Direction
Resolution
What do you call a story of a person's life that is written by someone else?
dramatic irony
Stage Direction
Biography
personification
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