Literary Devices (Figurative Language)

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English

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7th - 9th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

L.4.5, L.11-12.5A, RI.9-10.4

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Stacey Edmund

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Literary Devices

Literary devices are techniques writers use to add meaning and engage the reader. Some common examples are simile, metaphor, personification,

hyperbole, and imagery. These techniques can give the reader a greater understanding and meaning of the writer's intent.

I have read this.

I have really read this.

I have actually, seriously read this.

Read what?

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.

Simile

Metaphor

Imagery

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The use of exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

To give human qualities to animals and objects

Juxtaposition

Hyperbole

Personification

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Words spelled the way they sound...

Alliteration

Personification

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of things using "like" or "as"...

Simile

Theme

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of things without using "like" or "as"...

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Theme

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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