EOC English 2 Lit Terms Set #3

The driving force behind a character’s actions is _____

• motivation

• setting

• dialogue

• costume

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison of two basically unlike ideas is called a _____

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else is called a _____

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A short story used to teach a moral is called a _____.

• fable

• novel

• poem

• essay

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

_____ is a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An extreme exaggeration is called a _____

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_____ is a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is.

• Understatement

• Exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Sarcasm

_____ is an expression that is peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from its parts.

• Idiom

• Proverb

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are two words used together that contradict one another?

_____ is an overused word or phrase.

• Literally

• Awesome

• Epic

• Amazing

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A