Literary Terms Quiz

What is the term for a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem?

• Form

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Line

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

Which term refers to the repetition of similar sounds in two or more words?

• Tone

• Allusion

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is the term for the attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work’s central theme or subject?

• Tone

• Connotation

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human things?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the term for a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• Both A and C.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the tone in the following sentence: "The gentle breeze caressed her face as she walked along the beach."

• Calm

• Sad

• Joyful

Tags

DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

"Who knew when he flew from the boundaries of his mind that he would still be recognizable in his insanity?"

• alliteration 
• assonance
• allusion 
• oxymoron 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

working vacation

pretty ugly

paper towel

• imagery

• mood

• oxymoron

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Ethan was writing a story and he wanted to describe a storm as if it was angry. Which literary term is Ethan using by giving human qualities to the storm?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• anthropomorphism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A