Figurative Language and Poetic Devices
Authored by Lesa Miller
English
7th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A word or phrase used in place of another to literally represent a likeness or analogy between the two.
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.6.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman or nonliving thing.
Allegory
Persona
Allusion
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An overexaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Paradox
Oxymoron
Apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.6.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing, or to a part of another text.
Allegory
Apostrophe
Aphorism
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.
Oxymoron
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The same letter or sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Rhyme
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Whenever a person says or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.
Hyperbole
Paradox
Oxymoron
Irony
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