Literary Device Quiz

An archetype character can best be described as…

• A comparison between two things that are dissimilar

• A common character, event, action, or situation found in many stories

• An exaggerated phrase or situation

• The audience knows more about a situation than the characters in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A metaphor is...

• A comparison between two things that are unalike, using "like" or "as" to make the comparison

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• a comparison between two things that are unalike, in which one becomes the other

• An exaggerated phrase or situation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification can best be described as...

• Giving human qualities to something that is not human

• An exaggerated phrase or situation

• A comparison between two things that are unalike using "like" or "as" to make the comparison

• A common character, event, action, or situation found in many stories

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is Hyperbole?

• an expression given with significantly less force than is expected or required to accurately describe an idea

• A common character, event, action, or situation found in many stories

• Giving human qualities to something that is not human

• An exaggerated phrase or situation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An Allusion is...

• A successful trick performed by a highly trained magician

• A figure of speech that makes a direct reference to, or representation of people, places, events, literary works or myths that an author assumes the audience knows

• A colorful painting by a skilled artist

• A figure of speech in which an author accurately depicts a magic trick performed by the great Harry Houdini in his prime

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Imagery refers to...

• the language a writer uses to convey and represent any sensory experience, which includes sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste

• The language an author uses to JUST paint a verbal picture for the audience

• A figure of speech that makes a direct reference to, or representation of people, places, events, literary works, or myths that an author assumes the audience knows

• A figure of speech in which an author gives human traits to something that is not human

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two things that are unalike in which one becomes the other

• A figure of speech in which an author gives human traits to something that is not human

• When you turn a frown upside down

• A comparison of two things that are unalike using "like" or "as" to make the comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of words used in a sentence (Time is relevant, time is real)

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of a word (Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers)

• Repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence (How now brown cow)

• A figure of speech in which an author compares things that alike in more way than one

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the device used in the following sentence: "Todd was a beast on the football field, but a teddy bear around his friends and family."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the device: "My yard is the Garden of Eden in a neighborhood of despair."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4