Literary Devices

Name that literary device:
I sat and listened as the ocean murmured in the distance.

• imagery
• allusion
• analogy
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This literary device provides the reader with a vivid description of a scene.

• Personification
• Imagery
• Allusion
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When do we use (, et al) for a citation?

• One author
• Two authors or more
• Three authors or more

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which literary device does Langston Hughes use when he writes
"Bessie, Bop, or Bach"?

• Analogy
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A theme is the events which happen in sequence during a story or movie.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What city is the setting of "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes?

• Detroit
• Chicago
• Tallahassee
• New York City

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Who depends on the red wheelbarrow in William Williams' poem?

• It impacts all life on the farm
• The chickens
• William Williams

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

James lit up like a lightbulb when Justin asked him about fishing.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Literary Device :
When will Whitney wear white?

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device omits words from a text without altering it meaning? (...)

• ellipsis
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4