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Grade 8 Literary Devices (for the Poetry unit)

Authored by Sietske Noshie

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Grade 8 Literary Devices (for the Poetry unit)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A word that sounds like the noise it describes

hyperbole
onomatopoeia
assonance
simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An exaggerated statement

rhyme
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Comparing using like or as

Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words

rhyme
onomatopoeia
assonance
alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A poem in which the ends of the lines have words that sound the same 

rhyme
metaphor
hyperbole
simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two

alliteration
allusion
acrostic
internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Compares two different things saying the one is the other--does not use like or as to compare

alliteration
rhyme
personification
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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