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Middle School Literary Terms

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

7th - 9th Grade

20 Questions

CCSS covered

Middle School Literary Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The moral or message readers should learn from the story  (Does the character learn something or change?  How is conflict resolved?)

Climax
Key Detail
Conflict
Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

main character who carries the action forward; in almost every scene (hero)

1st person point of view
antagonist
protagonist
3rd person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How the text makes the reader feel (Ex. Peaceful, eerie, humorous, sad)

description
mood
analysis
tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama

narrator
personification
characters
exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story

1st person point of view
2nd person point of view
3rd person point of view
biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Comparison of unlike things that uses "like" "as" or "than" (Ex. This room is like an oven.)

idiom
metaphor
personification
simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)

hyperbole

imagery

simile

personification

Answer explanation

Media Image

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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