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Literary Devices for AP Comp

Authored by Patricia Lee

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices for AP Comp
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person? Many were spoken in honor of the New York Firefighters who heroically lost their lives on 9/11. An elegy laments, while a _______ praises.

Hyperbole

Eulogy

Foreshadowing

Genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a literary, historical, mythological, or biblical reference assumed to be well-known enough to be recognized by the reader? For instance, one might contrast the hardships of Frederick Douglass to the trials and tribulations of Job from the Bible.

Diction

Anecdote

Dialect

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a comparison of two similar, yet different things, usually to clarify an action or a relationship? Example: Comparing the actions of a heart to that of a pump.

Aphorism

Analogy

Folklore

Flashback

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a short, simple narrative of an incident often used for humorous effect or to make a point?

Irony

Metaphor

Anecdote

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase because of its association in the reader’s mind?

Foreshadowing

Dialect

Hyperbole

Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the repetition of two or more consonant sounds with a change in the intervening vowels, such as pitter-patter, splish-splash, click-clack, ping-pong?

Consonance

Euphemism

Diction

Eulogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the literal meaning of a word as defined in the dictionary?

Personification

Point of view

Denotation

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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