Literature terms test

I ate so much that I think I'm going to explode!

This sentence is a clear example of

• allusion

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A reference to a well known person, place event, literary work, or work of art.

• Allegory

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The turning point of a story where the protagonist often makes a change.

• rising action

• climax

• exposition

• inciting event

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.

• allusion

• allegory

• alliteration

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis in poems and stories.

• humor

• cliche

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The use of words that imitate the sounds of what they describe.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• nonverbal

• splat!

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is theme?

• The author's main point in a paragraph.

• The lesson or moral of the story (narrative).

• The authors main point of the entire text.

• A one word subject such as love, bravery, or rebellion.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is imagery?

• The way the text makes the reader feel.

• The writer's attitude towards a subject.

• Hints the writer gives about what may happen.

• Language that appeals to the five senses.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When objects or abstract ideas are given human characteristics.

• personification

• pun

• metaphor

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A feeling of uncertainty or excitement caused by wondering what will happen next in a story.

• Anxiety

• Flashback

• Suspense

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.4