Literary Devices Checkpoint Practice Quiz

"Her mind is a steel trap" is an example of

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket."
This passage is a good example of an author's use of ....

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air."
This passage is a good example of ...

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"When they pulled into a gas station, it was as though they'd arrived at the finest restaurant in the world."

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.

• Imagery
• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.3D

 I’m dying to see that movie! 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following sentences is a simile?

• The classroom was a zoo.
• The night sky was as black as coal.
• If I can't get an iPhone, I will die.
• My alarm clock yells at me every morning.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a flower.
• She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
• She is a beautiful flower.
• She is very pretty.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"...slithering down through the slippery sand...

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

• imagery

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The bright, golden sun filled the morning sky.

• imagery

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4