Literary Terms Quiz #1

Words sequenced together to form sentences, which form paragraphs and, eventually, full pages of text. This is an example of ____________________________________.

• Dynamic

• Syntax

• Metaphor

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Writing that goes beyond the actual meaning of the words used in order to provoke thought is considered to be _____________________________________.

• Simile

• Literal

• Diction

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

______________________ is a term for something that is in constant change or motion

• Syntax

• Dynamic

• Ambiguity

• Stream of Consciousness

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

When a reader takes cues from the plot of a story and attempts to predict the outcome it is called _________________________________________.

• Literal

• Hyperbole

• Foreshadowing

• Figurative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_________________________________ is the literary term when two different subjects are compared using the words like, or as.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Ambiguity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

This is a style of narrative writing that is recognizable by the free-flow of differing thoughts and ideas that defines a character, or the meaning of a story: _________________________________________.

• Simile

• Syntax

• Diction

• Stream of Consciousness

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

“Your suitcase weighs a ton!” is an overstatement and an example of ___________________________.

• Literal

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

______________________ stands for the words that an author uses in a story.

• Syntax

• Diction

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The ____________________________ meaning of something strictly follows the meaning of the wording used and needs no further interpretation.

• Figurative

• Literal

• Dynamic

• Stream of Consciousness

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

_______________________ is a literary term for something that isn’t very clear and open to different interpretations.

• Hyperbole

• Ambiguity

• Foreshadowing

•   Figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6