Literary Devices

Which of these is a metaphor?

• it's hard as a rock

• it's soft as a feather

• it's a zoo in here

• it's clear as mud

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is the definition of personification?

• comparison using "like" or "as"

• attribution of personal qualities to something nonhuman

• exaggeration

• several words with the same beginning letter

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the example of onomatopoeia

• buzz

• microwave

• flash

• scream

Which words indicate a simile?

• like & as

• yes & no

• as & maybe

• up & down

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What term means " the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated"?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• repetition

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

A reference to another piece of literature, movie, or pop culture is called _________________

• alliteration

• allusion

• accidental

• plagiarism

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A metaphor does this:

• bounces up and down

• repeats

• directly compares two things

• has similar sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is an example of personification?

• it was as light as a feather

• the wheat danced in the wind

• the washing machine went kaput

• ouch!

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"I laughed like a hyena" is an example of what?

• metaphor

• repetition

• simile

• embarrassment

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Jumbo shrimp" and "alone together" are examples of ________

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4