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Literary Terms

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English

9th - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“I once slept on a pile of corn in the loft of a villager's barn. About midnight, clearly drunk, he asked to borrow my flashlight, which I gave to him. I never saw him or it again. I now make it a practice not to lend to drunks, especially in the middle of the night.” (J. Patches)

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Songsam kept smoking, but the tobacco had no taste. He just kept drawing in the smoke and blowing it out. Then suddenly he thought that Tokchae too must want a puff. He thought of the days when they used to share dried gourd leaves behind walls, hidden from the adults. But today, how could he offer a cigarette to a fellow like this?”

Persona

Allusion

Flashback

Flash-forward

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“The Magi, as you know, were wise men.” (O'Henry, p. 287)

Allusion

Metaphor

Symbol

Figure of speech

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scrooge, in A Christmas Carol, asks the Ghost of Christmas future shows him the possible consequences of his choices.

Question

Allusion

Flash-forward

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Poe assumes the ____ of Montressor to tell his story “The Cask of Amontillado.

Persona

Simile

Character

Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Megan's a lovely girl, but she's so irresponsible.”

Tone

Ambiguity

Voice

Genre

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Thin vs. skinny” Or: “I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pigheaded fool.” (B. Russell)

Denotation

Connotation

Satire

Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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