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Literary Devices

Authored by Brandi Jones

English

7th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 488+ times

Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Alliteration is...

Comparing one thing as another

Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word

Exaggeration to prove a point

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Colloquialism is...

Highly descriptive language

Using casual and informal language

Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Dialogue is...

Overall mood and message

Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

Conversation between two or more people

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A flashback is...

Previous events split up the present happenings

Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story

The same thing again

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Foreshadowing is...

Words that sound like the word their meaning

The mode of narration

Using casual and informal language

When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Hyperbole...

Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

Exaggeration to prove a point

Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

Highly descriptive language

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Imagery is...

Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Overall mood and message

Highly descriptive language

Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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