Literary Devices Review

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A comparison of two unrelated things

• An exaggerated statement

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is "sensory language"?

• language that connects to the five senses to create an image or description.

• language that has been censored (censorship)

• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"My teeth chattered as the temperature dropped." What senses being used in this sentence?

• hear

• hear and touch

• see and smell

• taste

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What types of imagery/sensory comes to mind when you look at this photograph?

• Touch and taste

• Sight and sound

• Sight and smell

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Irony

Exclaiming “Oh great!” after failing an exam is...

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Irony

In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is.

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Irony

A pilot with a fear of heights is....

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which is an example of personification?

• A rose by any other name is just as sweet

• The white clouds swiftly across the sky

• That is the ugliest car that I ever saw.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A