Name: __________________
Date:___________________
Literary Terms Quiz for 8th grade
Section A: For questions 1-24. (continued on page 2) pick the word, from the below word bank, that best
matches the definition. Use each word in word bank only once, you can cross out those used if needed.
Word Bank
a. Antagonist
b. Characterization
c. Conflict
d. Allusion
e. Flashback
f. Foreshadowing
g. First Person
h. Third Person Omniscient
i. Third Person Limited
j. Hyperbole
k. Personification
l. Irony
m. Oxymoron
n. Theme
o. Exposition
p. Symbol
q. Simile
r. Setting
s. Protagonist
t. Metaphor
u. Rising Action
v. Climax
w. Falling Action
x. Resolution
1. The general idea of insight about life that a writer wishes to express is known as the ________;
this can be stated in a single sentence.
2. The major or central character of the story is known as the ______________.
3. The ____________ of the story can tell us time and place and give us background information
on events and characters.
4. The problem or problems that drive a plot is known as the ________________.
5. When the narrator is engaged in the story and there is the use of the “I” and personal
perspective __________________.
6. A hint at future events is known as ________________.
7. The character in the story who opposes the main character is the ________________.
8. A type of literary device in which there is an over exaggeration is known as a(n)____________.
9. When a story goes back in time to give details about the past. ___________________.
10. When the narrator only sees what is happening to the main character. _____________.
11. A comparison of two unlike things without the use of “like” or “as” is a(n)________________.
12. Two words that have opposite meanings placed next to each other is a(n) _________________.
13. Giving human qualities to animals or nature is known as ________________.
14. A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “or” as is a(n)___________________.
15. The method used by a writer to develop a character and includes showing the character’s
appearance, actions, thoughts, and more is known as _________________.
16. Something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship or association is
a(n)__________________.
17. When the narrator sees everything that is going on everywhere and there is no personal
perspective on the story. _________________.
18. A brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art, is known as
a(n) ________________.
19. An implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant is ________________.
Section A continued: fill in the Plot Line, use the arrows, to see which part of plot line the question is
referring to (still using the word bank on page 1)
20. The time and place
of the action and
background on
characters and events
is called the
_____________.
21. The first significant
conflict in developing the
main plot is the __________.
22. This is when
the main
character must
make a major
decision.
______________
_.
23. The
conflicts
that lead to
the
resolution
is called
________.
24. The final
outcome of
making the
climatic decision
is called
____________.