Literary Terms and Devices- Short Story 2
  • 1. a comparison of two things without using like or as
A) static character
B) simile
C) irony
D) metaphor
  • 2. the mood of feeling in the work of literature
A) symbol
B) flashback
C) plot
D) atmosphere
  • 3. interrupting a present action to look back on a past action
A) climax
B) foreshadowing
C) symbol
D) flashback
  • 4. a character who changes during the course of the story
A) local color
B) dynamic character
C) static character
D) personification
  • 5. a character who makes no change during the course of the story
A) dynamic character
B) static character
C) tone
D) theme
  • 6. non-human being given human like qualities
A) metaphor
B) imagery
C) symbol
D) personification
  • 7. the use of clues to hint a what might happen later
A) foreshadowing
B) climax
C) setting
D) flashback
  • 8. the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
A) satire
B) point-of-view
C) tone
D) foreshadowing
  • 9. a comparison of 2 things using like or as
A) metaphor
B) simile
C) irony
D) imagery
  • 10. the attitude the writer takes toward the reader, subject and/or character
A) tone
B) setting
C) theme
D) atmosphere
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