Literary Devices Quiz

The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer.

• conclusion

• style

• voice

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters.

• voice

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning.

• irony

• idiom

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The general atmosphere created by the author’s words.

• voice

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A group of letters that can be placed before a word to change its meaning.

• prefix

• affix

• suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• rhythm

• meter

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

To tell about and recognize the differences between two or more items.

• differentiate

• summarize

• describe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An argument that is in opposition to the claim/position provided in a piece of argumentative writing.

• thesis

• counterclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A device used in literature to give you a clue of something that will happen later in a story.

• foreshadowing

• literary device

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words.

• fluency

• context clues

• inference

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D