Literary Devices Quiz

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5th Grade
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ERIC BALDWIN
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is Author's Craft?
Literary Devices
Style
Narrative Elements
All of the above
Tags
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.L.6.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
A direct comparison of two different things
What someone does when they're really happy
Animals or objects are given human qualities
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
An electric car
A direct comparison of two different things
A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
Using quotations around text evidence
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
When a non-living object or animal is spoken of as though it is a person
When characterization brings a character to life in a story
Comparing two different things using "like" or "as"
When a third-person narrator has knowledge of all things in a story
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a hyperbole?
A literal comparison of two different things
An exaggeration for purposeful effect, and not to be taken literally
A comparison of literal things
A very active aquatic mammal
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an allusion?
A magic trick
When your eyes play tricks on you
When an author refers to a person, event, thing in history, or work of art or literature
When an author makes something disappear in a story
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is parallel structure?
Two identical buildings
Two lines that never intersect
Repetition of the same pattern of words in a sentence or a passage.
Two characters who are the same height
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
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