Literary Terms

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Which is an example of a simile? Options: His room was a hurricane of a mess., His room looked as if a hurricane came  through., A hurricane! AHHH!, The hurricane screamed through the town. 

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His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

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metaphor

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A comparison without using "like" or "as"

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

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Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia? Options: Boom!, No!, Yes!, Go!

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Boom!

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CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

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hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Which of the following is an example of personification? Options: You are as a beautiful as a flower., The trees danced in the wind., I waited in line for 10 years!, He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

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The trees danced in the wind.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what? Options: simile, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia

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simile

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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What is this an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended. Options: personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Simile: "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

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She gets really angry.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...

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Metaphor 

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A