Literature Keystone

What is the best definition of imagery?

• Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions

• The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as 

• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.
  

• A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which word is the term for tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text?

• Hyperbole

• Motif

• Literary Devices

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the best definition of a metaphor?

• The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as 

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as 

• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.

• An exaggeration or overstatement

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the best definition of personification?

• A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as 
  

• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.

• An object or idea given human qualities or a human form

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which word means a recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work?

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Motif

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the best definition of symbolism?

• Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text 

• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.

• An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event
  

• An exaggeration or overstatement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Text that aims to present ideas and provoke an emotion in the readers through use of meter, imagery, and diction.

• drama

• satire

• poetry

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A story, actual, or fictional, expressed orally or in text.

• drama

• satire

• poetry

• narrative

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A trend or pattern of shared beliefs or practices that mark an approach to literature.

• Text Organization/Structure

• Literary Movement

• Literary Form

• Sequence of Steps

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Text that is not fictional and is designed to explain, argue, instruct, or describe rather than entertain. It is based on fact.

• Drama

• Poetry

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3