Literature & Literary Terms Around the World

Literature & Literary Terms Around the World

Rules:Players:1) We will begin with two players.2) I will ask a question, and the first person to raise their

hand will get to answer the question. NO SHOUTING OUT!

3) Each right answer will earn you 1 bonus point on the practice EOCT.

4) If you answer a true/false question and get the answer incorrect, your competitor continues in the competition.

5) If you both answer a multiple choice or fill in the blank question incorrectly, we’ll flip a coin to see who will continue on in the game.

Rules:Audience:1) When it is not your turn to play, you should be writing

down the questions and answers. This will serve as your study guide. I will collect these after the EOCT practice test, and based off the number of questions and answers written down, give you bonus points!!!

2) If the players answer incorrectly, the 1st person to give me the right answer or tell me why the answer is what it is will receive ½ a point!

3) You can also earn ½ a point extra credit if you are able to tell me why an answer is false or explain the answer for a multiple choice question or statement.

1st question:True or False:

A simile is a comparison between two seemingly unlike things that uses “like”

or “as”

True

2nd question:Fill in the Blank:

____________ is a list at the beginning of a book that details the contents of the book

Table of Contents

3rd question:True or False:

A ballad is a narrative poem that was originally meant to be sung.

True

4th question:Multiple Choice:

____________ is the main idea of a piece of literature.

a) tone b) theme c) narrative

b) theme

5th question:Fill in the Blank

A ____________ is a type of poem that has 14 lines.

Sonnet

6th question:True or False

The voice of a piece of literature can be set by the word choice and the

details presented in the story.False

The tone of a piece of literature can be set by the word choice and the details presented in

the story.


A __________ is a list of terms in the back of a book that gives important vocabulary

words with their definitions.

glossary

8th question:Multiple Choice

The following is an example of what kind of sound device: In the steamer is the trout seasoned with slivers of ginger.

a) Alliteration b) Consonance c) Assonance

a) Alliteration


Imagery appeals to one of our five senses and helps the reader get an

image of the situation.

True


Making a comment like, “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” Is an example of

________ because it is an extreme exaggeration.

Hyperbole

11th question:Fill in the blank

______________ is a pair of two rhyming lines that comes at the

end of a poem.

Couplet


_________ poetry has no fixed rhyme, meter, line length, or stanza

arrangement

a) white verse b) blank versec) free verse

c) Free verse


A metaphor gives human like characteristics to non human

things.False

Personification gives human like characteristics to non human

things.


An example of internal conflict would be a character having

conflict with another character.False

An example of external conflict would be a character having

conflict with another character.


Every poem has a narrator.

False

Every poem has a speaker.


A cinquian has 5 lines.

True


The following is an example of what literary term: “O loving hate! O

brawling love!”a) metaphor b) refrain c) oxymoron

c) oxymoron because the two terms contradict each

other


The following is an example of a metaphor: Her eyes are the

morning sun.

True – Compares two things and doesn’t use like or as


The literal meaning of a word is known as the denotation.

TrueThe associated meaning would be the

connotative meaning


A stanza is a group of lines forming a unit

True

21st question:True or False

Pop is an example of an onomatopoeia

True

Because it is an imitation of a sound made by or associated with what it’s referencing.

22nd question:Multiple Choice

______ is a seemingly contradictory statement that may still be true such

as it is more tiring to stand rather than walk.

a) oxymoron b) alliteration c) paradox

c) paradox

23rd question:Multiple Choice: The following is an example of what kind of

poem?

AwakeningSilver dawn awakesthe new day is born againinnocent and fresh

a) cinquian b) dramatic c) haiku

c) haiku


A ___________ poem tells a story.

narrative


________ is the character defect that causes the downfall of the

protagonist of a tragedy

Tragic flaw

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Literature & Literary Terms Around the World