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Literary Devices

Authored by Desiree Serra

English

6th Grade

20 Questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is a simile? 

Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
Comparing two things in a text
Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

Metaphor 
Simile 
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is personification

Giving human qualities to a human

an extreme exaggeration

a comparison of two unlike things

Giving human qualities to a nonliving things

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Onomatopoeia is...

An exaggerated statement

when all the first letters in a sentence are the same

A comparison of two things using like or as

The use of a word associated with a sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

hyperbole
simile
alliteration
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

simile and personification
personification
simile
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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