test english
Subject
Writing
Course
English
School
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Question Description
Part A: Matching
Match each term with the correct definition.
a. inference
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. conflict
e. symbolism
1. the use of an idea or an object that represents something more than its literal meaning
2. drawing a logical conclusion about something based on facts that the reader knows to be true
3. the problem in a story or the struggle between characters or within a character’s mind
4. a comparison that says one thing is another
5. a comparison that says one thing resembles another
Part B: Matching
Match each term with the correct definition.
a. theme
b. situational irony
c. flashback
d. foreshadowing
e. tone
6. the mood or feeling of a story
7. the meaning or message that the author wants the reader to take away from a story
8. the unexpected difference between what the reader or character expects to happen and what actually happens in a story
9. hints that the writer gives the reader about events that will happen later in a story
10. when a character or a narrator goes back in time and remembers events from the past that are important to the plot of the story