8th Grade Language and Literature - Literary Device Review

Which literary device compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as?

• simile

• metaphor

• smile

• dramatic irony

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which of the types of irony describes when the audience is aware of important information that the characters are not?

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• alanis morrisette irony

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

_________________ gives human characteristics to unhuman things.

• situational irony

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which type or irony describes when the tone doesn't match the subject. EX: Sarcasm

• verbal irony

• situation irony

• dramatic irony

• alanis morissette irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Which literary device compares two unlike things using the words LIKE or AS?

• simile

• metaphor

• smile

• extended metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

___________ is the author's feelings toward the subject of a piece of literature.

• mood

• tone

• feelings

• thesis

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Witty wordsmiths worldwide wonder about the whereabouts of whales" is an example of which literary device?

• allusion

• alliteration

• alice in wonderland

• antagonist

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

"There is more than one way to skin a cat" is an example of which literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• flashback

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is NOT an idiom?

• High Five

• He woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

• We are all in the same boat.

• You look nice today.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If an author were trying to create a mood of suspense, such as in the Macabre genre, which literary device are they LEAST likely use?

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4