Literary Devices

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5th - 7th Grade
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Shannon Rousseau
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between 2 unlike objects NOT using "like" or "as."
simile
metaphor
alliteration
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The use of exaggeration for effect.
simile
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Words that START with the same sound and are used repeatedly in a sentence.
onomatopoeia
simile
alliteration
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RF.1.2C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between 2 unlike objects USING "like" or "as."
metaphor
simile
alliteration
all of the above
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in writing.
simile
metaphor
alliteration
literary device
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.4.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to.
onomatopoeia
simile
literary device
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
He's as strong as an ox.
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
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