GMAS Lit Terms Review

What is the literary device used to describe the repetition of identical beginning consonant sounds?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which literary device involves the author giving hints or clues about what will happen later in a story?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Paradox

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What term is used when an author interrupts the narrative to depict events that happened at an earlier time?

• Hyperbole

• Flashback

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Which of the following best describes 'Personification'?

• A comparison not using "like" or "as"

• Assigning human traits to non-human entities

• The use of contradictory statements that reveal a deeper truth

• Exaggeration for humorous effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is 'Paradox' best defined as? Examples include:

Youth is wasted on the young.

Less is more.

The only constant is change.

• A direct comparison between two things

• A statement that contradicts itself but reveals a deeper truth

• A sound imitation

• An exaggeration for emphasis

What does the term "pun" refer to in literature? Examples:

• "I love you a latte"

• "I want to espresso my love"

• "You always have a pizza my heart" 

• a joke or play on words that uses the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

• A detailed description of a character

• A long narrative poem

• A brief and indirect reference

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a "refrain" in the context of poetry?

• A repeated line or series of lines

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A type of rhyme scheme

• A stanza in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following best defines a "simile"?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A play on words

• A metaphorical expression

• A symbolic representation

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What literary device is used to represent one thing as another, often symbolically?

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does "tone" refer to in literature?

• The underlying message of the text

• The author/speaker/narrator's attitude towards his or her subject.

• The structure of the plot

• The setting of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4