Literary Terms and Definitions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the repetition of sounds in nearby words or stressed syllables?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What do you call a group of lines in a poem that share a common pattern of meter, line length, and rhyme?
Stanza
Verse
Couplet
Prose
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is a long narrative poem on a serious and exalted subject called?
Epic Poem
Limerick
Haiku
Sonnet
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is a word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at intervals in a poem called?
Refrain
Stanza
Metaphor
Couplet
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is an address to a dead or absent person or to an inanimate object or abstract concept called?
Apostrophe
Metaphor
Alliteration
Euphemism
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is the recurring pattern of sounds that gives poems written in verse their distinctive rhythms called?
Meter
Stanza
Theme
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable called?
Iambic
Trochaic
Spondaic
Dactylic
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
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