Literary Terms

Stop singing said Sally.

• concrete language

• Alliteration

• metaphor

• tongue twister

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• syntax

• Stanza

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An elephant represents the Republican party.

• Concrete language

• metaphor

• personification

• symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an example of personification?

• The sky darkened as the rain poured down.

• The goat drank thirstily all the water from the pail.

• The giraffe stretched up to reach the tastiest leaves on the tree.

• The sun smiled down upon us.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

When the word echoes the sound it represents...

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• syntax

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which answer is not an allusion or a brief reference to a real person or place?

• Chocolate cake is my "!Achille's heel"!

• He's a cool guy, but he becomes a "lovesick" Romeo every time he is around her.

• I followed him into the Westlake mall like a puppy dog.

• Why are you always such a Scrooge? It doesn't cost much and it will be fun!

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Isn't it wonderful when people forget your birthday?

• romantic irony

• situational irony

• Verbal irony

• dramatic irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A pickpocket gets his own pocket picked is an example of...?

• dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• verbal irony

• platonic irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A girl in the horror film hides in the closet where the killer just went (the audience knows the killer is there, but she does not.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• murderous irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

An example of parallelism is...?

• I like jogging, painting, and to watch a movie.

• I like to jog, bake, paint, and watch movies.

• The student often talked in class, that he bullied other students, and rarely finished his homework.

• The company is looking to hire someone that is friendly, organized, and going to arrive to work on time.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A