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Literary Terms and Devices

Authored by Emily Fish

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 36+ times

Literary Terms and Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a conversation carried on by two or more characters?

dialogue

diction

exposition

monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

final outcome of the story

Climax

introduction of characters and setting

Resolution

events after the climax

Exposition

turning point in a story

Falling action

events leading to the climax

Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A category or type of literature based on its style, form, and content is

plot

genre

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The narrator is always

the main character

the person/character/ voice that tells the story

from first person point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of an idiom

Break a leg

Her laugh is like a summer day

He was sunshine

Scoot down the slippery slope

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Over exaggeration, such as, “I asked you to clean your room a million times" is an example of a

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a thesis?

The first sentence of a paragraph

In an introduction, this is the main point, idea or claim of the essay

The "hook" of an essay

a conclusion

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