Literary Elements
Authored by Allison DePalma
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary element is present in the line below:
The picture of the cat was as foggy as Ireland.
Simile
Metaphor
Verbal Irony
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the audience/reader knows something that a character does not.
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Fehlbergian Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary element is present in the line below?
I am rock. I am an island!
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is present in the line below?
Half days are like only getting half a piece of cake. We want the whole thing!
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Verbal Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When words are used to convey something other than the literal meaning.
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Fehlbergian Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is present in the line below?
The sweet students suddenly screamed when they learned they learned they had to leave at 11:50 am.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When non-living things are giving living qualities.
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
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