Literary devices

Quiz

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English

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7th - 8th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.6.3, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5

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Sherry Zuccaro

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32 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. For example: the trees danced in the wind.

personification

alliteration

simile

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An over-exaggeration. For example: I was standing in line forever.

personification

cliche

metaphor

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
He was a bear in the the goal.

simlie

paradox

metaphor

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mark is as fast as a cheetah. This is an example of the following:

simile

metaphor

idiom

analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fred ate five French fries on Friday.

simile

alliteration

hyperbole

cliche

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

POW!
Bang!
Buzzzzzz....

alliteration

personification

Onomatopoeia

assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference to a well-known person, place, event or work (book, song or movie) that appears in another work

allegory

allusion

analogy

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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