Literary Unit List 1

What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a phrase or sentence?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Ambiguity

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which term describes the use of words that imitate sounds?

• Allusion

• Iamb

• Onomatopoeia

• Verse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language?

• Ambiguity

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable?

• Verse

• Iamb

• Stanza

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a single line of poetry called?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Diction

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem known as?

• Alliteration

• Stanza

• Iamb

• Ambiguity

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which term refers to a writer's or speaker's choice of words?

• Diction

• Allusion

• Verse

• Onomatopoeia

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 an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Ambiguity

• Iamb

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9