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English Literary Devices Pre-test

Authored by S Jacobs

English

11th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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English Literary Devices Pre-test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is personification?

a word that mimics a sound
repetition of consonant sounds
using symbols to represent something
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is onomatopoeia?

a word that mimics a sound
repetition of consonant sounds
using symbols to represent something
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is alliteration?

a word that mimics a sound
repetition of consonant sounds
using symbols to represent something
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is symbolism?

a word that mimics a sound
repetition of consonant sounds
using symbols to represent something
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Bat and cat are at the track is an example of...

onomatopoeia
alliteration
assonance
similes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"America is a melting pot" is an example of 

Metaphor
Simile
Foreshadowing
Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The act or instance of repeating is this literary device

Simile
Imagery
Repetition
Satire

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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