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Literary Devices

Authored by Carolyn Schuljak

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?

Irony
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as" is calles what?

metaphor
simile
allegory
allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is referred to as a?

metaphor
flashback
simile
personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Hints or clues used by the author to tell what will happen later in the book is a device known as:

flashback
simile
mood
foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of Simile?

My hand is as cold as snow.

Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!

The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

Hopping hens shop for shoes

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

My hand is as cold as snow.

The glasses smiled at me.

My life is a dream.

Snow is like the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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How would allusion be defined?

a reference to a famous person, place, or event

words that involve one of the five senses

two lines working as a unit

a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

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