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Literary Terms

Authored by Amanda Escheman

English

9th Grade

10 Questions

CCSS covered

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Literary Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference within a work to something famous outside it, such as a well-known person, place, event, story, or work of art, literature, music, pop culture.

Mood

Theme

Personification

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.

Theme

Symbolism

Connotation

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself.

Mood

Symbolism

Diction

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The giving of human qualities to an animal or object.

Hyperbole

Simile

Euphemism

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison between two things that have something in common without using like or as.

Simile

Diction

Idiom

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.

Imagery

Onomatopoeia

Conflict

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two things that have some quality in common; includes like or as.

Hyperbole

Symbolism

Theme

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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