Literary Elements Quiz

Comparing a lamb going to slaughter to the husband telling his wife he is leaving her and ends up being killed is an example of..

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

When the audience knows more than the characters in the text.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's message is a _____.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The main character of the story.

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Character

• Vilian

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A statement that is means the opposite of what was actually said.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"I will die if she asks me to dance" is an example of...

• Dramatic irony

• Flashback

• Hyperbole

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

When one thing represents another in a text.

• Irony

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The line, “The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it" from "The Landlady" is an example of...

• Symbolism

• Flashback

• Foreshadow

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my head ever since.” So begins Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. What literary element is this an example of?

• Foreshadow

• Flashback

• Symbolism

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of descriptions that invoke the 5 senses to represent things, actions, or ideas is called...

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Symbolism

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3