Essential Literary Terms
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The essential background at the beginning of a story.
Climax
Exposition
Rising Action
Falling Action
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The word choice a writer uses to achieve a certain effect.
An Aside
Diction
Syntax
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the reader knows something that the character in the story does not know.
Situational irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal irony
Sarcasm
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A hint as to what is to come in literature.
An Allusion
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
A harbinger
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme.
Motif
Imagery
Symbolism
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Type or category to which literature belongs
Style
Theme
Genre
Tone
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A reference to something well-known that exists outside of the literature.
Personification
Simile
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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