Literary Device Review For Quiz

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is personification?

• repetition of consonant sounds

• giving human-like traits to non-living objects

• using symbols to represent something

• a word that mimics a sound

What is alliteration?

• repetition of consonant sounds

• giving human-like traits to non-living objects

• using symbols to represent something

• a word that mimics a sound

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

"America is a melting pot" is an example of

• metaphor

• foreshadowing

• repetition

• simile

What is personification?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is alliteration?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Yo mama! jokes are an example of...

• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition of Simile

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

• comparing two similar things