Grade 10 Academic English - Literary Terms

The literal definition of a word is its...

When Olivia thinks she's fallen for a man, but the audience knows Viola is a woman, it is...

"You can only leave if you're crazy. If want to leave, it shows you're sane enough to stay" is

"The leaves danced on the sidewalk in the autumn breeze" has...

"My love burns for you like an icy fire" is a good example of...

The conch in Lord of the Flies represents democracy and order, and therefore is a...

"His knee smacked the concrete, making a terrible crunching sound" demonstrates...

"The lament of long-lost lovers" is an example of...

"If I told you once, I told you a million times! Do your homework!" has...

A "paragraph" in a poem is called a...

"Life is a highway" is a...

"Glue salesmen always stick to their words" is...

The overall argument of an essay is called the...

If a line of poetry reads: "Let us go, then, you and I" it has...

The word choices in a piece. It can be formal, informal, conversational, academic, etc.

Which of the following is not a part of setting?

"He was stronger than an ox and half as smart" includes...

When a sentence in a poem carries on from one line to the next, it is...

What's the right answer?

"The melodious music wafted through the breeze" has a lot of...

The way an author speaks about their topic / their overall attitude is called...

"After being fired, she walked home in the pouring rain, tears running down her face" is...

"The two of them were like Romeo and Juliet: doomed from the start" has...

"Good will always triumph over evil because evil eats away at itself" is a...

"Boom! The dynamite exploded, bringing the building down" includes...

"The pest control service was overrun with cockroaches" is...

"The meadow smelled of fresh fruit and the morning dew was a gentle kiss to his skin" is...

"Good versus evil" is an example of...

Literary fiction, sci-fi, horror, romance, western, and gothic are examples of...

Which of the following would not be a connotation for "beat"?