Literary Terms Quiz 2024-2025

(a)   is a symbolic device in which characters or events in a story represent or symbolize ideas or concepts.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is an allusion? Check all that apply.

• A trick a magician tries.

• A reference to a person, place, event, or literary work, used in passing, to help the reader make a connection.

• An optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over hot pavement.

• Milk chocolate candy bars are my Grandma Lilly's Kryptonite.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

An anagram has the same letters as another word, but in a different order.

Type the answer in the space provided, use lower case letters.

Change the word, "below," into a word that is a body part.

(a)  

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?

• The teenager paid for the candy with a dollar bill.

• The baby boy babbled something about Brooklyn to his babysitter.

• The cold cotton coffee table felt cool on her calves.

• The quiet quetzals quibbled to the queen.

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

An (a)   is a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

What is an antagonist?

• The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• The character, group of characters, or institution that opposes the protagonist or main character.

• The person in a novel, play, or movie.

• The main character in a story who may lack conventional heroic qualities and attributes, such as idealism, courage, and morality.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is an anti-hero?

• The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• The character, group of characters, or institution that opposes the protagonist or main character.

• The person in a novel, play, or movie.

• The main character in a story who may lack conventional heroic qualities and attributes, such as idealism, courage, and morality.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

Choose all of the following examples of anthropomorphism.

• A tree swaying in the wind.

• A crocodile signing and dancing a show tune.

• An ostrich running on two legs being chased by a lion.

• A rat using a pan and spoon to make paella, a delicious meal.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

Which of the following is/are an example of antithesis? Choose all that apply.

• Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.

• “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

• “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

• Keep your mouth closed and your eyes open.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

(a)   is created when the setting or scene elicits an emotional response in the reader/viewer.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4