Persuasion Test

Question 1

Theme

Answer 1

The point the writer makes about life or people

Question 2

Foil

Answer 2

A character who in one way is the opposite of another character

Question 3

Foreshadowing

Answer 3

Hinting at something that will happen later in the story

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

The struggle between opposing forces

Question 5

Setting

Answer 5

Physical and emotional background of the story

Question 6

Irony

Answer 6

Something that seems one way, but in reality is different

Question 7

4 types of conflict

Answer 7

Man vs Man
Man vs nature
Man vs self
Man vs society

Question 8

3 stages of initiation story

Answer 8

Stage 1- a young person starts out innocent
Stage 2- the young person encounters something harsh
Stage 3- the young person has an epiphany, a realization about harshness in the world

Question 9

Point of View(4)

Answer 9

First person narrator
Second person narrator
Third person omniscient narrator
Third person limited omniscient

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

The pattern of events

Question 11

Allusion

Answer 11

A reference to something well known from the past

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

The giving of human qualities to something that is not human

Question 13

Simile

Answer 13

Comparison of unlike things using like or as