8th English Literary Terms
Authored by Elizabeth Lukes
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A phrase that means exactly what it says.
Literal Language
Figurative Language
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An explicit or implicit reference, in a work of literature, to a person, place, or event, or to another literary work or passage (POP CULTURE)
Literal Language
Figurative Language
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A phrase that contains images that are not intended to be understood in a literal sense.
Literal Language
Figurative Language
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a comparison of things based on ways they are alike
allusion
alltteration
analogy
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5B
CCSS.L.8.5B
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
repetition of the initial consonant sounds.
allusion
alltteration
analogy
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a trite phrase or expression, something (such as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
idiom
metaphor
cliche
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a phrase that cannot be understood from its literal meaning but is understood by most people.
idiom
metaphor
cliche
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
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