Name: _______________________ Block: ____ Assessment (Circle One): Pre / Post
(This test is worth 100 points! / Multiple choice = 5 points each (75 possible points) / Essay = 25 points possible!)
1. The repetition of initial consonant sounds
a. Figurative Language
b. Connotation
c. Foreshadowing
d. Alliteration
2. The repetition of initial vowel sounds
a. Assonance
b. Astronomy
c. Alliteration
d. Foreshadowing
3. A category or type of literature
a. Moral
b. Mood
c. Irony
d. Genre
4. A reference to a well-known person, place, or event in a literary work
a. Analogy
b. Allusion
c. Alliteration
d. Denotation
5. A 3-line-poem where the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd has 7.
a. Metaphor
b. Image
c. Meter
d. Haiku
6. A comparison between two things that is similar in one way but unlike each other in another way
a. Allusion
b. Connotation
c. Analogy
d. Denotation
7. The character in a story that has a conflict with the protagonist, “the bad guy”
a. Climax
b. Comedy
c. Antagonist
d. Anaconda
8. A character in a story that has a conflict with an antagonist, “the good guy”
a. Protagonist
b. Antagonist
c. Prototype
d. Antifreeze
9. The high point of interest or suspense in a story
a. Comedy
b. Climate
c. Foreshadowing
d. Climax
10. A literary work or play with a happy ending
a. Alliteration
b. Denotation
c. Comedy
d. Antagonist
11. A literary work with a sad ending
a. Comedy
b. Tragedy
c. Climax
d. Antagonist
12. The set of ideas associated with a word
a. Denotation
b. Comedy
c. Figurative Language
d. Connotation
13. The literal dictionary meaning of a word
a. Figurative Language
b. Connotation
c. Allusion
d. Denotation
14. Clues in a literary work that suggest something that will happen later in the story
a. Alliteration
b. Figurative Language
c. Foreshadowing
d. Comedy
15. A story that is not real is _____________ / A story that is real is ___________________
a. fiction / non-fiction
b. non-fiction / fiction