midterm review 10th

"English class with Mrs. Wolf is as exciting as watching paint dry" is an example of

• simile

• hyperbole

• couplet

• rude

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

WHAT IS:

The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Comparison

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

WHAT IS:

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

• iamb

• clincher

• doublet

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The following lines: "When once upon a time was almost done

It seemed like all was lost but yet was won."

are an example of ALL of the following EXCEPT:

• rhyme

• couplet

• unreliable narrator

• iambic pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is an example of a FACTUAL DETAIL?

• There will be 2 exams on Wednesday

• Students stomp through the halls like buffalo

• The energy in the classrooms will be electric

• Time passes neither quickly nor slowly here during exam week.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"Little Lily Loved Ladybugs" is an example of ....

• rhyme

• alliteration

• symbolism

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

WHAT IS:

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities (e.g., direct, indirect).

• Characteric

• Characterization

• Characteristics

• Charactery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Boom!" "Clink" "Pop" are examples of

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_______ is a device in literature where an object represents something other than itself

• Irony

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

WHAT IS:

A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like, as, than, resembles) is used

• metaphor

• simile

• implication

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3