Terms and Literary Devices Quiz

What is a vignette?

• A short scene that focuses on one moment or give insight into a character, idea, or setting.

• the life story of a person by someone else.

• a spoken or written account of connected events

• a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song with a rhythmical pattern

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A vignette has a plot?

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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A vignette has a theme or central idea of its own and describes a specific event or character that is important?

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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What is a simile?

• the repetition of similar consonant sounds

• comparison using like or as

• comparing two seemingly not alike things without using like or as

• descriptions

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Which statement below is an example of a simile?

• Life is a highway

• That knife is as sharp as a razor

• Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet

• Her eyes were diamonds.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

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The meaning of personification is ................................

• a character who changes throughout the novel

• showing the character's personality through speech, actions, and appearance

• The rhythming words in a song

• giving inanimate objects human-like qualities

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Which of these examples is NOT an example of personification?

• The sun smiled down on us.

• The story jumped off the page.

• The ocean was calling his name.

• Money is the root of all evil.

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Mood is ______

• certain feelings or vibes evoked in readers through words and descriptions

• a character who changes throughout the novel

• an attitude or a writer toward a subject or an audience

• the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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A static character remains the same and does not change throughout the novel.

• True

• False

Tone is .......... (select all that apply)

• shows the personality of a character

• an author's attitude towards a subject or character

• can be formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad and cheerful

• evokes a feeling or vibe in the reader

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