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Identifying Literary Devices in Texts

Identifying Literary Devices in Texts

Assessment

Flashcard

English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
W.11-12.2D, RL.11-12.3, L.6.5A

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is personification?

Back

A literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Example of personification: "fire silently devoured Miss Maudie’s house." What does this illustrate?

Back

It illustrates how fire is given the human ability to 'devour', enhancing the imagery of destruction.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Example of simile: "His voice was like the winter wind." What does this mean?

Back

It compares the quality of his voice to the coldness and harshness of the winter wind.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Example of metaphor: "Time is a thief." What does this imply?

Back

It suggests that time steals moments from our lives, emphasizing its fleeting nature.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an oxymoron?

Back

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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