Literary Devices (Advanced)
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Anaphora
Stanza
Alliteration
Meter
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A reference to another person, place, thing, event, or text, with which the reader is presumably familiar
Irony
Antithesis
Hyperbole
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A situation in which there are two contradicting meanings of the same event, image, words, or story, often referring to the difference between expectation and reality
Paradox
Diction
Irony
Oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A contrast or opposition between two different ideas or phrases
Antithesis
Parallelism
Ambiguity
Metonymy
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The metaphorical substitution of a related idea or characteristic for a larger concept (e.g., "Boot on the ground" to represent soldiers)
Metonymy
Personification
Imagery
Chiasmus
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A rhetorical or literary construction in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or modified form (e.g., "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.")
Metonymy
Anaphora
Juxtaposition
Chiasmus
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The writer, speaker, or narrator's attitude toward their subject.
Mood
Tone
Persona
Register
Tags
CCSS.L.3.3A
CCSS.L.4.3A
CCSS.L.5.3A
CCSS.L.6.3A
CCSS.L.6.3B
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