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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.
7th question:Fill in the Blank
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
9th question:True or False
Imagery appeals to one of our five senses and helps the reader get an
image of the situation.
True
10th question:Fill in the Blank
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
12th question:Multiple Choice
_________ poetry has no fixed rhyme, meter, line length, or stanza
arrangement
a) white verse b) blank versec) free verse
c) Free verse
13th question:True or False
A metaphor gives human like characteristics to non human
things.False
Personification gives human like characteristics to non human
things.
14th question:True or False
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.
15th question:True or False
Every poem has a narrator.
False
Every poem has a speaker.
16th question:True or False
A cinquian has 5 lines.
True
17th question:Multiple Choice
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
18th question:True or False
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
19th question:True or False
The literal meaning of a word is known as the denotation.
TrueThe associated meaning would be the
connotative meaning
20th question:True or False
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
24th question:Fill in the Blank
A ___________ poem tells a story.
narrative
25th question:Fill in the Blank
________ is the character defect that causes the downfall of the
protagonist of a tragedy
Tragic flaw