Literary Vocabulary

Comparing two different things using the words like or as:

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When an event turns out in a way that would be the opposite of what a person might logically expect, this is called

• a surprise resolution
• situational irony
• suspense
• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.
• Words that sound alike.
• An exaggeration.
• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a "refrain" ?

• The last line of a poem
• The first line of a poem
• A line that is repeated
• A line that rhymes

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? 

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is "onomatopoeia" ?

• An exaggeration
• Sound words
• Rhyming words
• A form of imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

• optical illusion

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?

• stanza

• lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5