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Literary Terms and Devices

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

Literary Terms and Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the definition of Plot?

A piece of land requires labor and toil.

The sequence of events in a literary work, usually occurring in five stages.

A sequence of events that fall into 12 stages.

The end of a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the exposition?

Introduces setting and relevance.

The high point of a story.

Introduces characters, setting & conflicts.

The result of a climax.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is Character Foil?

A character that attempts to foil all plots against the antagonist.

A character who provides a contrast (opposite) to the protagonist so that we learn more about the protagonist’s character.

A character that attempts to foil all plots against the protagonist.

A character that usually ends up in only one scene.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A _________________ is a word or expression that is commonplace within a specific language, geographic region, or historical era.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an internal conflict in literature?

A conflict that takes place within the mind (internally).

A conflict that takes place within the climax.

A conflict that takes place within the resolution.

A conflict that occurs based on outside factors.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Compares two things you would not normally associate together by using the words "like" or "as.

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Giving animals or objects human like qualities.

Animalfication

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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