Lit Term Pre-Test

1. ___________ Allusion
2. ___________ Atmosphere
3. ___________ Protagonist
4. ___________ Antagonist
5. ___________ Round Character
6. ___________ Flat Character
7. ___________ Dynamic Character
8. ___________ Static Character
9. ___________ Direct Characterization
10.___________ Indirect Characterization
11.___________ Internal Conflict
12.___________ External Conflict
13.___________ Connotation
14.___________ Denotation
15.___________ Dialect
16.___________ Diction
17.___________ Expository Essay
18.___________ Narrative Essay
19.___________ Persuasive Essay
20.___________ Thesis Statement
21.___________ Fiction
22.___________ Simile
23.___________ Metaphor
24.___________ Hyperbole
25.___________ Imagery















26.___________ Oxymoron
27.___________ Personification
28.___________ Flashback
29.___________ Foil
30.___________ Foreshadowing
31.___________ Situational Irony
32.___________ Dramatic Irony
33.___________ Verbal Irony
34.___________ Mood
35.___________ Nonfiction
36.___________ Exposition
37.___________ Setting
38.___________ Rising Action
39.___________ Climax
40.___________ Falling Action
41.___________ Resolution
42.___________ 1st Person Point of View
43.___________ 3rd Limited Point of View
44.___________ 3rd Omniscient POV
45.___________ Speaker
46.___________ Stereotype
47.___________ Symbol
48.___________ Theme
49.___________ Tone
50.___________ Tragedy















Lit Term Pre-Test
a. The highest point of tension in the story.
b. A stark contrast between two characters.
c. The way that a character talks based on where they are from.
d. A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
e. A reference to something outside of the literature.
f. The bad guy.
g. A contradiction between what is said and what is meant.
h. The place and time where a story takes place.
i. A story that is true.
j. Human-like traits given to an inanimate object.
k. A struggle that takes place within a characters mind.
l. Word choice.
m. The good guy.
n. The dictionary definition of a word.
o. An essay that tells a story.
p. A story that is not true.
q. A contradiction in terms - opposites.
r. The unraveling of conflict in a story.
s. The underlying meaning or message in a story.
t. A god-like perspective where multiple thoughts and feelings are shown.
u. The way that the reader feels throughout a story.
v. The way that the author intends for a reader to feel.
w. The reader knows something that the characters dont.
x. An over exaggeration.
y. An essay that is meant to explain something.
z. A conflict that takes place outside of a characters mind.
aa. A character that stays the same.
bb.A character who changes.
cc. The feeling throughout the story.
dd.The reader is told exactly what a character is like.
ee. A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
ff. The reader is transported to a previous time to get further information.
gg.The background information given in a story.
hh.An object that is meant to represent something deeper.
ii. A play that ends in death and destruction.
jj. The voice telling the story.
kk.The senses are used to create an image in the readers mind.
ll. A contradiction between what is expected to happen and what actually happen.
mm.The statement at the beginning of an essay that explains what will be written.
nn.The reader is shown what a character is like through 5 methods.
oo.A character who does display internal conflicts.
pp.A character who does not display internal conflicts.
qq.The associated meanings of a word.
rr. A pre-conceived notion about a group of people.
ss. All the conflicts in a story have been resolved.
tt. A story that is told from one characters perspective I is used.
uu. A hint about what is going to happen later in a story.
vv. An essay that is meant to persuade the reader to think or believe in a certain way.
ww. The conflicts in a story are beginning to develop.
xx.He or She is used but only one characters thoughts and feelings are shown.