LITERATURE TERMS FOR 9TH GRADE
END OF COURSE TEST WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
Onomatopoeia - ✔✔the use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss,
or murmur.
Personification - ✔✔giving human characteristics to non-human thing or
substance.
Point of view - ✔✔the perspective from which a story is told. types are: 1st
person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient.
Simile - ✔✔a comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as'
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, Symbol - ✔✔something seen (object/ idea) that stands for something
unseen, as a rose for love, flag for a country.
Theme - ✔✔Central truth or idea presented in a story
Tone - ✔✔The writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work.
Climax - ✔✔High point in a story, point of most intense interest, and point
of no return.
Conflict - ✔✔The problem or complication in a story, usually between a
person and something else...either another person, a force of nature, fate,
or the person himself.
Exposition - ✔✔The part of a story or play that explains the background or
makes conflict clear.
Falling Action - ✔✔tThe action that takes place in a story after the climax
and that resolves the conflict.
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
END OF COURSE TEST WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
Onomatopoeia - ✔✔the use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss,
or murmur.
Personification - ✔✔giving human characteristics to non-human thing or
substance.
Point of view - ✔✔the perspective from which a story is told. types are: 1st
person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient.
Simile - ✔✔a comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as'
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, Symbol - ✔✔something seen (object/ idea) that stands for something
unseen, as a rose for love, flag for a country.
Theme - ✔✔Central truth or idea presented in a story
Tone - ✔✔The writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work.
Climax - ✔✔High point in a story, point of most intense interest, and point
of no return.
Conflict - ✔✔The problem or complication in a story, usually between a
person and something else...either another person, a force of nature, fate,
or the person himself.
Exposition - ✔✔The part of a story or play that explains the background or
makes conflict clear.
Falling Action - ✔✔tThe action that takes place in a story after the climax
and that resolves the conflict.
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
