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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a literary device in which a line of poetry carries its idea or thought over to the next line without a grammatical pause.
enjambment
end-stop
end rhyme
line break
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things. As a literary device, metaphor creates implicit comparisons without the express use of “like” or “as.”
simile
juxtaposition
metaphor
personification
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work.
theme
climax
parallelism
motif
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
It is a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy.
repetition
asyndeton
polysyndeton
parallelism
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
allegory
antidote
allusion
malapropism
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
is a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa.
metonymy
juxtaposition
synecdoche
zeugma
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
is a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa by placing two entities side by side to create dramatic or ironic contrast.
metaphor
simile
juxtaposition
analogy
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
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