Literary Terms
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English
8th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A reference to a well known person, place event, literary work, or work of art.
Allegory
Allusion
Alliteration
Analogy
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The turning point of a story where the protagonist often makes a change.
rising action
climax
exposition
inciting event
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.
allusion
allegory
alliteration
analogy
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.
metaphor
simile
myth
personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis in poems and stories.
humor
cliche
metaphor
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How a story makes the reader feel.
imagery
mood
tone
humor
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The use of words that imitate the sounds of what they describe.
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
nonverbal
splat!
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.10
CCSS.RL.K.5
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