Literary Terms

The least common point-of-view stories are told from __________.

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person
• 4th person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

__________ characters change quite a bit throughout a story. 

• Dynamic
• Static
• Cartoon

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

All of the following are examples of hyperbole except...

• I could eat a cow!
• I really want to leave!
• You're slower than pond water! 
• You're going to make my head explode! 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

When a story goes back to an earlier event in time, that is called a __________.

• Foreshadow
• Resolution
• Theme
• Flashback 

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"The dog pleaded for another treat," is an example of __________.

• Simile
• Personification
• Analogy
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"The mind is a bottomless toolbox you can fill up with a infinite amount of hammers and nails," is an example of a __________.

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Clues and hints that build suspense and anticipatio are called __________.

• theme
• antagonists
• foreshadowings
• flashbacks

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The word "static" is literature means __________.

• Unchanging
• Changing
• Protagonist
• Antagonist

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

"The terribly tired teacher ran into the door this morning," has an example of what kind of figurative language in it? 

• Simile
• Oxymoron
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is alliteration?

• Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or syllables close together
• Alliteration is the difference between reality and expectation
• Alliteration is the he quality of being alike
• Alliteration is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4