Literary Terms Quiz

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of the first letter in a series of words

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A phrase with figurative meaning

• A reference to something else

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does an allusion refer to?

• A direct comparison between two objects

• A reference to something else

• A phrase with literal meaning

• A type of imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is contrast used for in literature?

• To create a rhyme scheme

• To identify differences between two subjects

• To describe a character's appearance

• To predict future events

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is personification?

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A narrative from two perspectives

• A type of plot structure

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an idiom?

• A literal phrase

• A phrase with figurative meaning

• A type of imagery

• A narrative technique

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is foreshadowing?

• A direct comparison between two objects

• A hint of what is to come in the story

• A type of imagery

• A phrase with literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a dual narrative?

• A story told from two different perspectives

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A type of imagery

• A phrase with figurative meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is figurative language?

• Language meant to be understood literally

• Language that uses figures of speech

• A type of plot structure

• A narrative from two perspectives

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the first element of a traditional plot structure?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What does the rising action in a plot include?

• The resolution of conflicts

• The introduction of characters

• Various conflicts

• The conclusion of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5