Literary Devices Vocab Quiz
Authored by Katherine Bauman
English
6th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
What is personification?
a word that mimics a sound
repetition of consonant sounds
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics
using symbols to represent something
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as" is called a ________.
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Suspense
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is called a ______.
Simile
Metaphor
Tone
External Conflict
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
A reference to something famous in literature/culture is called a(n) ________.
Allusion
Conflict
Dialogue
Diction
Answer explanation
Scrooge is an allusion as Scrooge is the antagonist of the book & movie "A Christmas Carole" by Charles Dickens.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The following is an example of ___________.
"I don't want to go to school" whined Bob.
Mom replied, "I am sorry, but you have to go to school."
Irony
Metaphor
Dialogue
Symbol
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.L.6.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The antagonist is the:
hero of the story.
background character.
a foreshadowed complex character.
character or force opposing the protagonist.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
This is something that represents something else. It can be figurative or literal.
Symbol
Allusion
Antagonist
Narrative
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
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