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Literary Terminology

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Literary Terminology
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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.7.2

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.L.11-12.6

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