Practical Writing Spring 2020 - Literary Devices

"It is unbelievable to know how many parents leave their children for their own selfish desires."  The tone of this author towards parents can be described as...

• Excited
• Disappointed
• Glad
• Joyful

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the statement below that best represents an example of imagery.

• The dog ran down the road.
• The dog ran down the dirt road.
• The shaggy dog trotted briskly down the dirt covered road.
• The dog ran down the road, and walked down the sidewalk.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I am as angry as a bull at the rodeo.  This sentence is an example of _________________.

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• heart warming answer

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The new shopping center being built in St. Matthews is going to cause the families in the apartment complex to lose their homes.  It is about time these people were told to leave so something better could go in their place.  These families deserve to be kicked out anyways.  The old apartment building was such an eye sore.  What is the author's attitude towards the families?

• The author wishes they could keep their homes
• The author does not care about the families
• The author has a thing for houses
• The author wants to help families move so they can have a better life.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

comparing two things using like or as
Ex. "You're like a kid Lennie."

• hyperbole
• irony
• metaphor
• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

“Danny strolled to the town common, sat on one of the benches in Teenytown and took one of the bottles out of the bag, looking down on it like Hamlet with Yorick's skull” ― Stephen King, Doctor Sleep

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

“Conscience is a man’s compass.” - Vincent Van Gogh

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a common belief is called a(n) _____________________.

• anecdote

• rhetoric

• allusion

• aphorism

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6