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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
an act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong (having a cell phone in Macbeth)
anachronism
chronological
anarchy
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. (hear and here)
villenelle
satire
consonance
pun
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
when a speaker breaks off from addressing one party and instead addresses a third party.
allusion
apostrophe
alliteration
assonance
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
Deus ex machina
plot twist
satire
narrative structure
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’) or brunch (from ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch’)
pun
personification
parallelism
portmanteau
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a lyric poem which treats a serious subject thoughtfully and emotionally; dignified style and complex metrical pattern
vlllenelle
sonnet
ode
pastoral
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa ("The Crown" for a queen or king)
synonym
siblilance
satire
Synecdoche
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
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