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English II Literary Terms

Authored by Carla Beck

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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English II Literary Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

anecdote

allusion

analogy

epigram

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A literary work that ends happily because the hero or heroine overcomes obstacles

gothic novel

melodrama

denouement

comedy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A writer or speaker's choice of words

epithet

diction

malapropism

flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An appeal to emotion

pathos

romanticism

local color

melodrama

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

parody

anecdote

oxymoron

epithet

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

denouement

naturalism

flashback

climax

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation

epithet

local color

epigram

analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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