Literary elements quiz

What is action

• running, jogging, jumping

• Constant slam-bang of fights, chases, explosions and one liners

• Fighting

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What is ad hominem

• People are right about everything when arguing

• The person is weird

• Arguing that someone is incorrect because they are unattractive or weird

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is adage

• Someone who is weak minded

• Someone who gives wisdom in few memorable sayings

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

what is adventure

• Middle English word

• Destiney, fate, or chance

• Remarkable and unexpected journey

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is allegory

• A story

• A story in another story

• A story in another story inside of a story

What is alliteration

• Words with the same sound put close together

• Words with the same sound spread out

• A poem

• Repetition of sounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is allusion

• A writer that mentions his own work

• When the writer refers to an earlier part of the current work

• When the writer mentions his work in its late state

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is ambiguity

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Amplification

• Making a sentence shorter

• Extending the sentence in order to further explain certain points

• Describing a sentence

• Making a sentence that has a lot of spelling errors

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Anagram

• Words that can be rearranged to make a new word or sentence

• Words that can make up a new phrase

• words that make up a sentence

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A