Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A
character is: a. | A person in a
literary work | c. | A group of two
or more lines in a poem | b. | A figure of speech | | | | |
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Figurative language is: a. | The person telling the story | c. | Language that uses figures of speech | b. | The struggle in
the story | | | | |
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3.
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The
climax of the story is: a. | The writer’s attitude towards the piece of
literature | c. | The overall
design or structure | b. | The part of the story in which the crisis is
resolved | | | | |
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Imagery is: a. | The use of related images to produce a certain
effect | c. | The controlling
idea in a literary work | b. | A person or set of events representing something beyond
itself | | | | |
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The
conflict of the story is: a. | Tension or struggle between opposing forces or
characters | c. | The person
telling the story | b. | The means by which an author presents and develops a
character | | | | |
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Foreshadowing is: a. | The overall design or organization of a work of
literature | c. | A pattern of
recurrent qualities, usually stressed syllables or words | b. | Arranging
information in such a way that it hints at later events | | | | |
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7.
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The
plot of the story is: a. | The pattern of events in a literary
work | c. | A contradictory
statement that contains an understandable truth | b. | A figure of
speech using the words “like” or “as” | | | | |
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8.
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A
symbol is: a. | The
writer’s attitude toward the subject | c. | A person, place, object, or set of events representing
something beyond itself | b. | A flat and/or round character | | | | |
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9.
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The
theme of a story is: a. | The main or controlling idea | c. | The main character | b. | An author’s
choice of words | | | | |
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Irony
is: a. | The main
character in the story | c. | Contradiction
between what is meant and what actually happens | b. | The perspective
from which a work is narrated | | | | |
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