Literary Terms for Shakespeare

Literary Terms for Shakespeare

9th Grade

24 Qs

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Literary Terms for Shakespeare

Literary Terms for Shakespeare

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.3, RL.8.10, L.8.5A

+13

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

24 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means "a short speech heard by the audience, but not other characters"?

aside

conflict

couplet

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means "a poem with 10 syllables in a line, stressed & unstressed patterns"?

aside

pun

iambic pentameter

foreshadow

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means "the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character"?

personification

characterization

peoplization

conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means "play on words where a word has two meanings at the same time"?

pun

joke

simile

metaphore

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means "comparing using 'like' or 'as'"

simile

metaphor

pun

conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means "a stanza with two rhyming lines"?

couplet

poem

essay

limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means "adjective or adjective phrase that describes the character"?

epithet

limerick

couplet

noun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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