Literary Content Vocabulary Quiz

When you say something but don’t really mean what you say! Example: It is raining cats and dogs. (It is raining really hard.)

• Theme

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

When you compare two things without using like or as. Example: Her room is a pig pen.

• Theme

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When you give a human like quality to something that is not a human. Example: The leaves danced in the wind.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The lifelong lesson that you can put in your heart to make your life better.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Pictures

• Illustrations

• Mood

• Character

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A feeling

• Illustrations

• Mood

• Character

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The who or what in the story.

• Illustrations

• Mood

• Character

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Where and when the story takes place

• Setting

• Character

• Mood

• Illustrations

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A word to describe the character deep down in their heart.

• Motivation

• Character Trait

• Feeling

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Why the character did the action.

• Plot

• Feeling

• Character Trait

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D