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Quiz about A Guide to Literary Terms
Quiz about A Guide to Literary Terms

A Guide to Literary Terms Trivia Quiz


This quiz is to see what you know about literary terms. Most of the information is from http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm. I hope you enjoy it.

A multiple-choice quiz by caitlynnl. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
caitlynnl
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
262,857
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Okay, your first word is alliteration. What does that mean? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is a denouement? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is verbal irony? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the definition of a metaphor? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of these is an example of personification? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is a protagonist? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is a simile? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is an elegy? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is a parable? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of these pairs of words are examples of a slant rhyme? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Okay, your first word is alliteration. What does that mean?

Answer: A successive line of literature with repetitious initial sounds

A well known example would be "She sells sea shells by the sea shore". The repetition can either be inside the word or at the beginning of the word.
2. What is a denouement?

Answer: The resolution of the central complication

This word of French origin literally means the action of untying. It usually follows the climax of a story.
3. What is verbal irony?

Answer: Sarcasm

One example would be "That sock smells like roses" after it has been sitting in a gym locker for three months.
4. What is the definition of a metaphor?

Answer: A comparison not using the words "like" or "as"

An example might be "She was a tree standing graceful and tall." Metaphors are commonly found in poetry.
5. Which of these is an example of personification?

Answer: The wind whistled in the night air

Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects. We know that the wind did not actually whistle, but this example of personification is trying to get across the point that the wind made a sound that sounded similar to a human whistling.
6. What is a protagonist?

Answer: The main character of a story

For example, the protagonist in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is of course Harry Potter. A protagonist is also sometimes called the hero of the story.
7. What is a simile?

Answer: A comparison using "like" or "as"

An example might be "the frosting was as fluffy as clouds". Similes are used to make the reader understand and be able to visualize better what is being described by comparing it to something that is unrelated.
8. What is an elegy?

Answer: A rhyming work expressing sadness

They are usually written in the form of couplets for somebody who has died.
9. What is a parable?

Answer: A story used to express an important moral

Many well known parables are in the Bible.
10. Which of these pairs of words are examples of a slant rhyme?

Answer: Roll and wall

A slant rhyme is when only the ending consonant sounds rhyme, and not the whole word. They are also known as near rhymes or half rhymes.
Source: Author caitlynnl

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