Short Story: Literary Terms and  Devices Quiz

Short Story: Literary Terms and Devices Quiz

10th Grade

63 Qs

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Short Story: Literary Terms and  Devices Quiz

Short Story: Literary Terms and Devices Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.4, L.9-10.5, RI.9-10.4

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Christina Wade

Used 3+ times

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63 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for ideas that are philosophical and emotional, not concrete or tangible, yet come from experience?

Allegory

Abstraction

Alliteration

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device involves a story where characters represent general truths about human conduct?

Alliteration

Abstraction

Allegory

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence or line of poetry called?

Allusion

Allegory

Abstraction

Alliteration

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device refers to a well-known fictional, mythological, or historical person, place, or event outside the story?

Allusion

Allegory

Abstraction

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a character or force in opposition to the protagonist?

Antagonist

Protagonist

Analogy

Apostrophe

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device involves addressing an absent person or an inanimate object as if present?

Aside

Apostrophe

Antithesis

Assertion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a strong contrast shown through the juxtaposition of opposing words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or ideas?

Ambiguity

Analogy

Antithesis

Assertion

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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