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Identifying Literary Devices

Authored by McKenna Wyrosdick

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 8+ times

Identifying Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Brian was a wall bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.

Allusion

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

My love is like a red, red rose.

Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

In the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.

Imagery

Metaphor

Foreshadowing

Personification

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

Simile

Metaphor

Imagery

Hyperbole

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
  -William Sharp

Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.

Allusion
Simile
Personification
Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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