Literary Terms Quiz

What term describes performing or acting a role in a dramatic performance?

• Play

• Inflection

• Theme

• Tableau

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a purposeful arrangement of characters frozen as if in a painting or a photograph?

• Rhyme Scheme

• Oral Interpretation

• Tableau

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a consistent pattern of end rhyme throughout a poem called?

• Inflection

• Rhyme Scheme

• Theme

• Play

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for a humorous five-line poem with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme?

• Free Verse

• Limerick

• Iambic Pentameter

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the term for a type of poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter?

• Free Verse

• Iambic Pentameter

• Limerick

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the term for the rhythmical pattern of a poem?

• Meter

• Inflection

• Theme

• Tableau

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is Alliteration?

• The repetition of vowel sounds in a poem

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together

• A type of poem with no rhyme

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does it mean to Annotate a text?

• To write a poem

• To write notes to explain or present ideas that help you analyze and understand a text

• To ignore the text

• To memorize the text

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is Staging in theater?

• To write a script

• To produce or direct a theatrical performance

• To act in a play

• To design costumes

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is Rhythm in poetry?

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language

• The rhyme scheme of a poem

• The number of lines in a stanza

• The theme of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4