
Short Story - Key Vocabulary
Authored by Alexander Pratt
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
In literature, a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant is referred to as ____________.
Theme
Imagery
Irony
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The author or poet's attitude or feeling toward something is the ____________.
Theme
Plot
Irony
Tone
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The author's choice of words or _______________, is also called the writer's voice.
Denotation
Plot
Symbolism
Diction
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_______________ is defined as the associated meanings that come from a word’s use in various social contexts. Also, the emotional connection to words.
Denotation
Connotation
Symbolism
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
______________ a comparison between two unlike things using ‘like,’ ‘as,’ ‘than,’ or similar comparative words.
Genre
Simile
Symbolism
Setting
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Language that appeals to the senses is called _____________.
Imagery
Theme
Irony
Setting
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
"The sea swallowed the victims of the capsized boat." is an example of the use ___________________.
Imagery
Symbolism
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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