Literary Terms & Devices
Authored by Brandy Heathcote
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 5 pts
A comparison of two unlike things in which (like or as) is used. Example: The ant scurried as fast as the cheetah.
simile
metaphor
hyberbole
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CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
A direct comparison of two unlike things - NO LIKE OR AS. Example: The speech gave me food for thought.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
An exaggeration or overstatement. Example: I had to wait forever.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form. Example: Flowers danced about the lawn.
personification
figurative language
imagery
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Language that cannot be taken literarlly since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. Examples: Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and personification are all this type of language.
allusion
figurative language
imagery
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions.
personification
figurative language
imagery
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or set up an explanation of later developments.
foreshadowing
flashback
symbolism
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
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