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Midterm Vocabulary - 12th

Authored by Melissa Sawyer Grair

English

KG - University

CCSS covered

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Midterm Vocabulary - 12th
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

big idea explored in a work of literature or poetry; moral of the story

theme
simile
symbolism
pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

 imaginative language not meant to be taken literally

figurative language
allegory
allusion
apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

a story or poem where the events and characters represent bigger abstract ideas like a moral, religious, or political event or idea

allegory
irony
oxymoron
allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

repetition of words, phrases, images, objects, ideas, and actions in literature

motif
simile
euphemism
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

when something (object, animal, event, person, place, etc.) in a story represents itself but also stands for a bigger idea

symbolism
simile
apostrophe
euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

saying one thing is something else to show how they’re similar; if it’s carried out for more than a sentence, it’s called a conceit

metaphor
pun
theme
paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

comparing two different things using the words like, as, or than to show how they’re similar

simile
oxymoron
setting
allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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