Pre Quiz Literary Terms 2024

The big headed, gray alien with the little, round pot belly looked on as the giant yellow beam zeroed in on the lonely cow.

• Imagery
• Oxymoron
• Tone
• Mood

This class is a million years long!

• Euphemism
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The reader finds out that a storm is coming, but the characters in the book don't know about it yet. 

• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Understatement
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Lee Anne laughs loudly and lovingly.

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Flashback
• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Someone laughs at someone else for falling down. Then the person that laughed falls down too.

• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Euphemism
• Thesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A black cat can mean good marriage and a good future in southern England.

• Irony
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles. 

• Onomatopoeia
• Theme
• Symbolism
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Life is a highway

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Connotation
• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is the beginning of the end.

• Euphemism
• Paradox
• Conflict
• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Living dead, seriously funny, big baby, awfully lucky

• Onomatopoeia
• Tone
• Mood
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3