Author's Craft

Author's Craft

6th - 8th Grade

16 Qs

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Author's Craft

Author's Craft

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.3, RI.5.5, RL.5.3

+9

Standards-aligned

Created by

Katie Aller

Used 401+ times

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An expression that conveys the opposite belief of the speaker in a humorous way is called...

foreshadowing

metaphor

irony

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Comparisons between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" are called...

similes

alliteration

metaphors

dialects

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that makes reference to a well-known person, event, or place is called...

personification

illusion

imagery

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using...

dialect

personification

characterization

symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Expressions or terms that are specific to a group of people or a type of profession are known as...

idiom

dialect

hyperbole

jargon

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A phrase that expresses an idea without using any terms that relate to what's being expressed is called...

repetition

metaphor

idiom

tone

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

"Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on."

This is an example of a:

simile

imagery

hyperbole

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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