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Language Devices

Authored by Danielle Forrester

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Language Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition:
The 
repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words.

Alliteration
Symbol
Assonance
Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition:
The use of words that imitate sounds.

Simile
Imagery
Onomatopoeia 
Repetition 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition:
Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: 
The use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase or sentence - more than once.

Repetition
Rhythm
Rhyme
Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition:
Language that appeals to the five senses---touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.

Imagery 
Simile 
Symbol
Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition:
Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.

Hyperbole
Repetition
Alliteration
Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition:
Describes one thing as if it were something else.

Metaphor 
Simile
Assonance
Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

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