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Literary terms (ESSENTIALS) - G11

Authored by Dan Vowles

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Literary terms (ESSENTIALS) - G11
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A comparison using "like" or "as" (e.g., as brave as a lion).

Rising action
Simile
Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A direct comparison where you say one thing IS another (My sister is a pig).

Imagery
Metaphor
Internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Giving human characteristics to non-human things (e.g., the wind whispered through the trees).

Connotation
Personification
Climax

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words (e.g., Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers).

Connotation
Denotation
Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (e.g., I've told you a million times).

Allusion
Exposition
Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A contrast between expectation and reality.

Allusion
Fable
Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)

Imagery
Metaphor
Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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