Literary Devices

You are as brave as a lion.

• Simile

• Not a simile

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?

• High Heels
• The store

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?

• Take-off!
• Pow!
• Blast!
• Fly

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is an alliteration?

• Tony ran like a cheetah.

• The muffin called my name.

• "Bang," the race started!

• The dog dug a deep hole.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Select the vowel used in the following example of assonance.

Pass the bowl of peas please!

• a

• e

• i

• o

What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house

• Sight
• Sound
• Touch 
• Taste

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What can a black cat symbolize?

• Passion

• Power

• Superstition

• Animals

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CCSS.RL.6.4

Which one of these is considered a pun?

• It was like taking candy from a baby
• Kings worry about receding heir line
• This is a piece of cake

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language is being used?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Life is a roller coaster. What does this metaphor mean?

• They have a new roller coaster at Darien Lake
• You're in danger when you're on a roller coaster
• Life has ups and downs
• I shouldn't ride roller coasters

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D