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Literary terms/devices Study Guide

Authored by Karen Gill

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary terms/devices Study Guide
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

methods used to reveal a character’s traits, eg, what the character says, does, what others say about him, and narrator descriptions

Characterization

Personification

metaphor

allusion

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

allusion

personification

tone

diction

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hyperbole

the attitude of the author/sxpeaker towards his/her subject

 having a double meaning; purposely unclear to provide different interpretations

exaggeration

the opposite of what you expect occurs

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

figurative language

where, when the story takes place, and may change; general environment, time period of the story

 perspective from which the story is told eg 1st person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient

when an object, place, event, or person represents a specific idea

a way of expressing oneself that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

comparison between two different things to show their similarities using "like" or "as"

syntax

simile

metaphor

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

having a double meaning; purposely unclear to provide different interpretations

ambiguity

hyperbole

allusion

setting

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

structure and order of sentences or word order in a sentence; types of sentences

hyperbole

ambiguity

syntax

point of view

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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