LITerary Device Practice

Which literary device is used here: Dangit! Mrs. Mikel forgot her plastic silverware again.

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• idiom

• allusion

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary device is used here: "If only my alarm clock would quit yelling at me," Eduardo thought as he finally got out of bed.

• oxymoron

• assonance

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Don't tell Mikah anything...he'll probably spill the beans.

• allusion

• simile

• idiom

• irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Marilyn loved the book, but she felt the ending was bittersweet.

• oxymoron

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Bruh, Aurora's so funny. I'm literally dead.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Anaphora

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

To be honest, Logan is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to Gnomio & Juliet.

• Personification

• Assonance

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Are you sure you don't have other tabs open right now? Your nose is growing...

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"This game is old news," Elijah remarked with disappointment.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Parallelism

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Vivian begged for less homework. She begged for less notes. She begged for just one moment of peace and quiet from Moe's rage.

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Assonance

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Try as I might, my kite did not fly.

• Assonance

• Antithesis

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4