ELA Literary Terms Quiz

What is a comparison of 2 things using like or as?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a comparison of 2 things typically using 'being' verbs?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is an intentional exaggeration?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Repetition

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What involves the repeating of a beginning consonant sound at least two times?

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Stanza

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

What are words that represent sounds?

• Idiom

• Limerick

• Onomatopoeia

• Ballad

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What involves giving person-like traits to non-person things?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the repeating of a word or phrase, typically for emphasis?

• Imagery

• Repetition

• Idiom

• Haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What appeals to the 5 senses to give the reader a mental image?

• Rhythm

• Imagery

• Rhyme

• Free verse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a common phrase/saying that is figurative, or non-literal?

• Stanza

• Limerick

• Idiom

• Ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a long poem that typically has a repeating line or stanza, like a chorus?

• Free verse

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.3.4