Literary Devices Test - 11th English

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

• Foreshadowing
• Pun
• Imagery
• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following is an example of which literary device? 
Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy. 

• Denotation
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron 
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an indirect or passing reference to a person, place, or thing (usually in literature) 

• Personification 
• Satire
• Allusion
• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the character in any story, novel, or movie that goes against the main character; the "bad guy" 

• Antagonist
• Protagonist
• Round Character
• Static Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a character that undergoes changes, development, and end a story much different than the way he/she started

• Antagonist
• Protagonist
• Static Character
• Round Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a character who undergoes litter or no inner change; no growth or development; ends the story the same way he/she began

• Round Character
• Static Character
• Protagonist
• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

conflict that exists between person and person or person and nature

• Internal
• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

conflict that exists between a person and himself or herself

• Internal 
• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the literal or dictionary definition of a word

• Consonance
• Assonance
• Denotation
• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the use of clues to hint at something important that will happen later in a novel or story

• Foreshadowing
• Parallelism
• Tone
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5