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Literary terms

Authored by Lisa Doherty

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.

Symbolism

Foreshadowing

Dramatic Irony

Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the author shows/tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

Characterization

Personification

Idiom

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

3.

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.

Theme

Symbolism

Connotation

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The giving of human qualities to an animal or object.

Hyperbole

Simile

Euphemism

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

6.

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.

Imagery

Onomatopoeia

Conflict

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

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