Literary Elements Quiz

His heart skipped a beat when his wife walked into the room

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Label Position D

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the definition of alliteration?

• Giving something not human, human qualities or traits

• Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• The repetition of the first letter within a sentence

• Overexaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I buried my head in my jacket. I was dying of embarrassment.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Irony

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Label Position C

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The teacher looked at the students helping each other and thought "they both have hearts of gold".

• Simile

• Irony

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his fingers.

• Personification

• Irony

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The tear on her cheek lit up like a bright jewel against her skin.

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the definition of imagery?

• The turning point in the story.

• The meaning implied by a sentence or word is actually different from the literal meaning

• The comparison of two unlike things or items.

• The use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D