OSAT English Language Arts 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human subjects?
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification (Correct answer)
- Alliteration
Correct answer: Personification
Personification attributes human qualities, emotions, or actions to non-human entities.
Question 2: What is the term for the central message or lesson an author conveys in a literary work?
- Plot
- Theme (Correct answer)
- Setting
- Tone
Correct answer: Theme
The theme is the central message or universal insight about life that the author communicates through the story.
Question 3: In a narrative, the point of highest dramatic tension before the resolution is called the:
- Exposition
- Rising action
- Climax (Correct answer)
- Falling action
Correct answer: Climax
The climax is the turning point of greatest tension in a narrative, after which the conflict begins to resolve.
Question 4: Which narrative point of view uses 'I' and 'me' to tell a story from inside the narrator's perspective?
- Second person
- Third person limited
- Third person omniscient
- First person (Correct answer)
Correct answer: First person
First-person narration uses 'I,' 'me,' and 'my' to tell the story directly from the narrator's experience.
Question 5: What is the literary term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely connected words?
- Assonance
- Alliteration (Correct answer)
- Onomatopoeia
- Rhyme
Correct answer: Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words, as in 'Peter Piper picked a peck.'
Question 6: A story-within-a-story structure where a character narrates a tale to other characters is called a:
- Flashback
- Frame narrative (Correct answer)
- Foreshadowing
- Stream of consciousness
Correct answer: Frame narrative
A frame narrative presents a story within an outer story that provides context, as in The Canterbury Tales.
OSAT English Language Arts 1
Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human subjects?