Figurative Language Vocabulary Quiz

Match the definition to its correct term:

placing two entities side by side to create dramatic or ironic contrast

• allusion

• juxtaposition

• paradox

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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The author’s selection of words or vocabulary and the artistic arrangements of these words

• diction

• juxtaposition

• tone

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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the structure of end words of a verse or line

• diction

• juxtaposition

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense

• idiom

• paradox

• allusion

• hyperbole

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a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense

• idiom

• paradox

• allusion

• hyperbole

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the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work

• speaker

• theme

• tone

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the definition to its correct term:

the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work

• speaker

• theme

• tone

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the definition to its correct term:

descriptive language and figures of speech used to appeal to a reader’s senses of sight, taste, smell, touch, and sound, as well as internal emotion and feelings

• imagery

• theme

• tone

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work

• imagery

• theme

• tone

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the definition to its correct term:

a word’s literal, dictionary definition

• diction

• connotation

• idiom

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D