Literary Concepts Quiz

What is figurative language?

• Language that means exactly what it says

• Language that uses metaphors and similes

• Language that uses only literal meanings

• Language that avoids literary devices

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does a first-person narrator do?

• Refers to others as 'they'

• Refers to him or herself as 'I'

• Uses third-person perspective

• Avoids personal pronouns

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is foreshadowing?

• A technique to describe past events

• A technique to give clues about future events

• A method to summarize the story

• A way to introduce characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is free verse poetry?

• Poetry with a strict rhyme scheme

• Poetry with no set meter or rhyme scheme

• Poetry that follows a specific rhythm

• Poetry that uses only couplets

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a genre?

• A type of character in a story

• A style of literature

• A specific plot device

• A type of dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is hyperbole?

• A type of understatement

• A form of exaggeration

• A method of comparison

• A type of dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is iambic pentameter?

• A type of rhyme scheme

• Ten-syllable lines with every other syllable stressed

• A form of free verse

• A type of metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is imagery?

• Descriptions that use only sound

• Descriptions that use the senses

• Descriptions that avoid sensory details

• Descriptions that focus on dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is internal rhyme?

• A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines

• A rhyme that occurs within one line

• A rhyme that uses only consonants

• A rhyme that uses only vowels

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is irony?

• Language that conveys the literal meaning

• Language that conveys a meaning by saying the opposite

• Language that uses only positive connotations

• Language that avoids contradictions

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A