Elements of Literature

What does the following simile mean?
"She loves the water so much that in the pool, she's like a fish."

• She swims well.
• She needs help swimming.
• She is likely to drown.
• She has fins and gills.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.
This is an example of...

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• eardrums

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.
This is an example of...

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hot chocolate

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The correct order of plot stages is...

• exposition, falling action, climax, resolution, rising action
• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
• resolution, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
• rising action, exposition, climax, resolution, falling action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these is an
internal conflict?

• character vs. character
• character vs. self
• character vs. society
• character vs. nature

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which part of the plot
creates tension and suspense?

• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A struggle between two or more opposing forces.

• climax
• conflict
• character
• chapter

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

"True love can conquer anything" is an example of a story's what?

• Main Idea
• Motto
• Summary
• Theme

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2