Literary Terms Assessment

Literary Terms Assessment

9th Grade

40 Qs

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Literary Terms Assessment

Literary Terms Assessment

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Easy

CCSS
RL.6.3, RL.7.3, L.8.6

+44

Standards-aligned

Created by

Natasha Martin

Used 4+ times

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40 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

hyperbole

paradox

metaphor

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs called?

inference

personification

denotation

setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth is called:

metaphor

paradox

conflict

personification

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the figure of speech that describes something by saying it is something else to create a more imaginative understanding?

analogy

metaphor

simile

irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to a thing that stands for or represents something else?

metaphor

epithet

symbol

conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?

paradox

setting

prologue

plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do you call a short passage added at the end of a literary work to let readers know what happens to characters after a story has ended?

flashback

pun

epilogue

prologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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