Literary Terminology
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is the SPEAKER?
The person reading the story to you
The author
The person "telling" the poem
The person "telling" the story
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a theme?
When and where a story takes place.
Where a story happens.
A lesson or message that a writer wants readers to understand.
The main idea of a story.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When an author gives hints or clues about what will happen next in a story, it is called...
forecasting
personification
foraging
foreshadowing
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The main character within a story, usually considered the hero, is a...
protagonist
prodigious
personification
character
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
1 min • 1 pt
Personification is when...
human traits are given to something that is acting like a human
human traits are given to an animal
human traits are given to something that is not human
human traits is given to an inanimate object
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Motivation is...
when and where a story takes place
the reason(s) a character is driven to do certain things within a story
when a character decides to answer the call to adventure and go on his journey
a problem within the story
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A larger-than-life character who embodies the ideals of a nation or culture
Protagonist
Epic Hero
Antagonist
Character
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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