Hunter & Venuti Literary Terms Application List 1-2

What is the word that will best complete the alliteration?

A chance to change is given to _____________ who chat a lot in class.

• characters

• children

• church

• cheese

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of the allusion?

I felt like getting my parents to buy me a cell phone was an odyssey.

• A quick adventure

• A long journey

• An easy time

• A lonely journey

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify what kind of allusion is used in each sentence:

Don't be such a scrooge!

• Literary

• Biblical

• Classical

• Historical

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify what kind of allusion is used in each sentence:

The whole city is like a Garden of Eden!

• Literary

• Biblical

• Classical

• Historical

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify what kind of allusion is used in each sentence:

Boracay is an El Dorado!

• Literary

• Biblical

• Classical

• Historical

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Roses, roses! Two bucks a bunch! They say

The boys in the street, ready to sell you.

(HINT: Examples are in red)

• Caesura

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Emotive Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...")

• Allusion
• Rhetorical Question
• Loaded language
• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"I understand you are busy, and me too, but it is difficult for me to finish this project on my own. So I want you to help me complete this project." What type of assertion used in this statement?

• Basic Assertion

• Emphatic Assertion

• Fact

• I-Language Assertion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of assertion used in this statement?

When you speak harshly, I cannot work with you because I feel annoyed. Therefore, I want you to speak nicely and then assign me a task.

• Emphatic Assertion

• Basic Assertion

• Convention

• I-Language Assertion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The army was able to attack the incoming enemies

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4