RJ Lit Terms Quiz

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on similar sense or sound of different words.

• oxymoron
• epithet
• pun
• aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A play on words of contradictory meaning used together for effect.

• pun
• oxymoron
• aside
• epithet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person/thing that is used in place an actual name/thing.

• epithet
• aside
• oxymoron
• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on stage and instead intended mainly for the audience (and at times for one other actor to hear).

• pun
• epithet
• oxymoron
• aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The opposite of what is expected happens, and WE (the audience) see it coming but the majority of the characters do not.

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The opposite of what is expected happens, and we (the audience) do not see it coming and neither do all the characters or the majority of the characters.

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Someone purposely says the opposite of what is meant; sarcasm.

• situational irony
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

theme

• the moral of the story
• the sequence of events in a story
• the main argument in a story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

motif

• the lesson learned from a story
• a symbol that is important
• a reoccurring idea throughout the story
• a synonym

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

She wants to be a nun, so Romeo will get none.  This is an example of 

• an epithet
• a pun
• an oxymoron
• an aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10