Literary Device Practice

Literary Device Practice

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.6.4, L.6.5A, RL.6.2

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Erin Eberle

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what literary device are two things are compared using the words "like" and "as"? 
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what literary device are two things compared directly?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what literary device are human qualities given to animals or objects?
Personification
Symbolism
Idiom
Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what literary device does a writer spell out a sound?
Symbolism
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what literary device are objects used to represent ideas?
Metaphors
Idioms
Symbolism
Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"His anger smoldered like a lit fuse."  This sentence is an example of what literary device?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"He watched the thick, white smoke drift upward like a twisted ribbon dissolving in the sky." This sentence is an example of what literary device?
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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