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Literary Devices

Authored by Brenda Mosher

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Is this picture an example of a hyperbole or personification?

personification
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Is this picture an example of a hyperbole or personification? 

personification
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

used to compare two things in a sentence by using the words "like" or "as"

metaphor

idiom

simile
personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a reference to another person, place, thing, or event -- used to add depth to the text's meaning

allusion

idiom

metaphor

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a device used to compare two objects without the use of "like" or "as"

simile

metaphor

idioms

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a phrase or expression which means something different from what the words actually say

simile
metaphor
alliteration

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As I walked into Hill Country on the first day of eighth grade,

I thought back to when I began here as a sixth grader.

This story starter suggests there will be ...

foreshadowing

an allusion

a flashback

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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