Writer's Devices
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English
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6th - 9th Grade
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Anne Botkin
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21 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A metaphor is...
A comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as" between them
Giving objects and things human qualities
A direct comparison of 2 unlike things
sound words
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Then the flames leaped up, reaching my face." This quote has an example of...
a metaphor
personification
a simile
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the Six + 1 Traits of Writing, CONVENTIONS are...
Places where businessmen share their ideas
the structure of sentences
vocabulary
grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"he looked vulnerable and homely, with two visible font teeth--my own were missing at the time--..."
rule of three
repetition
contrast
humor
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A hyperbole is...
a comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as' between them.
a sound word
giving objects lifelike (human) characteristics
an extreme exaggeration used for effect
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"...his tail, long, and bare and very stiff, stuck out." This quote contains...
rule of three
a metaphor
onomatopoeia (sound pattern)
contrast
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To repeat important words or phrases for emphasis
rhyme
repetition
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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