Literary Devices

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9th Grade
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Kierstin Rosensteel
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, typically using the words like or as, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
Allegory
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
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
A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common; does not use the words "like" or "as"
Simile
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
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
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Irony
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
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
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Allusion
Allegory
Alliteration
Assonance
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
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
Represents objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
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
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
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
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Simile
Imagery
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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