Literary Devices

"Polly Pocket picked a purple plant" is an example of:

• alliteration

• contrast

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An extreme exaggeration is called a

• allusion

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is NOT a form of conflict?

• man vs. man

• man vs. himself

• man vs. the supernatural

• all of the answer choices are examples of conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A well-painted mental image is called:

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The contrast between what is said and what is meant is called

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true...

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The contrast between what happens and what was expected

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A comparison between two objects without using "like" or "as" ...

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The feeling the reader takes away with him or her after reading...

• onomatopeia

• tone

• theme

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which of the following is a simile?

• She is an angel

• jumbo shrimp

• She is like an angel

• The wind whistled through the trees

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D