Literary Terms Assessment

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English
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9th Grade
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Natasha Martin
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?
hyperbole
paradox
metaphor
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs called?
inference
personification
denotation
setting
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth is called:
metaphor
paradox
conflict
personification
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the figure of speech that describes something by saying it is something else to create a more imaginative understanding?
analogy
metaphor
simile
irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term refers to a thing that stands for or represents something else?
metaphor
epithet
symbol
conflict
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?
paradox
setting
prologue
plot
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do you call a short passage added at the end of a literary work to let readers know what happens to characters after a story has ended?
flashback
pun
epilogue
prologue
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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