Literary Terms You Should Know
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most monsters don’t mind making messes.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The candle flame danced in the dark.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Nobody can beat level six.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
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.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?
his wife was his Achille's heel
he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's
she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.
we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
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