7th Grade Literary Terms Quiz 9/19/23

When an author repeats a word or phrase over and over again for emphasis

• anaphora
• theme
• motif
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject matter

• mood
• tone
• theme
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The dictionary definition of a word

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The emotional feeling or "shade" associated with a word

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The author's word choice

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

When something is used to represent something else or something deeper

• metaphor
• simile
• anaphora
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Figurative language in which two or more unlike things are compared without the words "like or as"

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

A type of figurative language in which two or more unlike things are compared using the words "like or as"

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

A sound device in which a consonant sound at the beginning of words is repeated

• anaphora
• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.5

A technique in which the beginning words or phrases of successive clauses repeat

• repetition
• alliteration
• consonance
• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.K.3