Literary Terms

What is alliteration?

• giving human traits to nonliving objects
• repetition of beginning sounds in a sentence
• words that "make" a sound
  words that "make" a sound
• a group of lines in a poem
  a group of lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The sun greeted Mrs. Roberts as she began her day.  What is this an example of?

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
  personification
• personification
  alliteration
• rhyme
  rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Lucky leprechauns laugh loudly.What is this an example of?

• alliteration
• metaphor
• mood
  symbol
• speaker
  speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a person, place, or object that stands for something other than itself?

• mood
• symbol
• repetition
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The snowball went "splat" against my brother's jacket.What is this an example of?

• rhythm
• form
• repetition
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a comparison of two things that does not use the words like or as?

• simile
• personification
• stanza
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The pumpkin was as orange as the sun.What is this an example of?

• alliteration
• simile
• figurative language
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Foolish fairies fried fish for dinner.What is this an example of?

• alliteration
• personification
• simile
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Education is your passport to a good job.What is this an example of?

• simile
• imagery
• rhyme scheme
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the pattern of rhymes in a poem?

• hyperbole
• rhyme scheme
• mood
• speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D