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Literary Terms

Authored by Sati Maharaj-Boggs

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 4+ times

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.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author interrupts the chronological sequence of a story by inserting past events. 

flashback
foreshadowing
flashshadowing
foreback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

writing that uses like or as to compare two unlike things

simile
personification
compare/contrast
alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict

climax
rising action
falling action
description

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the perspective from which the story is told. Could be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

climax
point of view
description
opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the arrangements of events in a story

climax
point of view
plot
narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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