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Literary Terms Benchmark Practice

Authored by Briana Torres

English

9th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Terms Benchmark Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figure of speech is used in this text?


The real estate agent said the house was a real fixer-upper, and the price reflected just how much fixing up might be involved.

hyperbole

euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figure of speech is used in this text?


Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

--attributed to John Lennon

paradox

euphemism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the best example of synecdoche?

Describing a worker as a pair of hands

Naming a child after its grandfather

Painting a picture of a landscape

Comparing the flavor of two candles

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Juxtaposition means:

A side-by-side arrangement

The act of delaying

The scene of any event or action

A change for the better

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Boom! Buzz! Oink! When a word imitates the sound it refers to, call it an example of __________.

Paradox

Juxtaposition

Onomatopoeia

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Diction means:

Nonsense

Opinion

Personification

Wording

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following could be an anagram for “dormitory”?

Territory

Ormitoryday

Dirty room

Dormant story

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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