Literary Devices
Authored by Lea Caraveo
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8th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them.
Literary Devices
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Questions
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Describes a series of words in quick succession that all start with the same letter or sound. It lends a pleasing cadence to prose and poetry both.
alliteration
metonymy
allusion
irony
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.6.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
Personification
Tone
Analogy
Parallelism
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.6.5B
CCSS.L.8.5B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Refers to the overall mood and message of your book
Repetition
Tone
Synecdoche
Euphemism
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It is a common rhetorical device used to add emphasis and stress in writing and speech.
Oxymoron
Repetition
Onompatopoeia
Simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Often becoming adages or proverbs as people repeat them over and over.
Aphorism
Euphemism
Anthropomorphism
Parallelism
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The signature literary device of the double negative.
Litotes
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
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