Literary Terms Pre-Test

Quiz

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English

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9th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.7.3, RL.6.3, RI.9-10.4

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AMANDA POLZIN

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.

Setting

Characterization

Personalization

Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The struggle occurring within the character's mind.

Internal Conflict

External Conlict

Mind Conflict

Decision Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected; the emotions of a scene; how it makes the reader feel.

tone

monotone

mood

foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.

irony

flashback

foreshadowing

theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

When an author interrupts the chronological sequence of a story by inserting past events.

flashback

foreshadowing

flashshadowing

foreback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word has the most positive connotation?

grizzled

mature

senile

old

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

writing that compares to unlike things but does not use like or as

metaphor

alliteration

resolution

character development

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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