Lit Terms Quiz

So the big quiz is on Thursday.  Below is a sample quiz from 2009--ahh, the good ol' days...

Literary Terms Quiz 1

Directions: Fill in each blank with the correct term that corresponds to the example or definition.  Each term is only used once.  (Yes, that’s a gift)

Allegory               Allusion                                Apostrophe        Archetype           Indirect Characterization 

Direct Characterization  Connotation       Denotation         Diction                  Hyperbole      Imagery

Dramatic Irony      Situational Irony                 Verbal Irony      Metaphor      Metonymy         Oxymoron

Parallelism          Personification      Setting              Simile                    Synecdoche                       Tone

___Hyperbole__________ 1.  I overheard Lindsey saying, “I’m going to get a 5 on the stupid quiz.  I don’t know anything.”

__Dramatic Irony_____2.  This is when the audience knows more than the character onstage.

___Apostrophe________3.  “Why, gods, why do you mock me?”

__Archetype_________4.  Gilgamesh is this for every hero that follows him to this day.

___Denotation______5.  The literal meaning of a word.

___Setting_________6.  Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…

____Metaphor_________7.  Love is a battlefield.

___Oxymoron__________8.  Organized chaos

____Tone_____________9.  The attitude of an author towards the reader or subject matter.

_____Diction_________10.  “Yo, what up, playa?” is a (rather corny) example of a particular type of this.

______Direct Characterization_11.  Joe Rock is a kind, thoughtful man.

__Synecdoche_______12.  There are a lot of ‘mouths to feed’ in war-torn countries.

___Connotation_______13.  The figurative, deeper meaning of a word.

_____Allusion________14.  We’re not Kate and Leo; I’m not going to jump for you.

_____Metonymy_______15.  I’m starving; Let’s go to the Golden Arches.

__Simile____________16.  “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.”

___Indirect Characterization___17.  Describing a character by showing, not saying.

__Verbal Irony______18.  Sarcasm is an example of this.

__Personification        19.  The sun smiled down on the mid-Spring picnic.

__Parallelism______20.  We love him for his soul.  We cherish him for his humor.  We hate him for his body odor.

__Allegory__________21.  The presentation of an abstract idea through concrete means

___Situational Irony_____22.  When there is a discrepancy between the expectation and the reality.

___Imagery__________23.  The cold, fat, greasy, wrinkled hands of the man in front of me suddenly touched my shoulder as the smell of motor oil wafted towards my face.