Figurative Language & Literary Devices 2020-21 (AP-Prep)
Authored by Vanessa Brazil
English
8th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
using human characteristics to describe non-human things such as objects and animals
Example: The wind sang and the trees danced.
personification
zoomorphism
anthropomorphism
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
comparison between two unrelated things NOT using words such as "like" or "as"- an assertion that one thing IS another thing
Example: from Romeo & Juliet: “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"
analogy
simile
metaphor
allusion
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
a word that imitates a sound
Example: BANG!
sensory details
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
assonance
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
descriptive language that creates a picture in one's mind while reading
Example: The busy squirrels ran through the lush, green trees, chasing acorns and packing them away for colder days.
imagery
sensory details
symbolism
allusion
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
20 sec • 1 pt
gross over-exaggeration for emphasis/effect
Example sentence: I've said that a million times.
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
irony
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
Example: The fog filtered over the field finally hiding the fence.
assonance
consonance
apostrophe
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
comparison between two unrelated things using "like" or "as."
Example: Jose sleeps like a log.
metaphor
analogy
simile
allusion
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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