Literary devices DP
Authored by Ana Harte
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5th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What figure of speech is represented in the sentence “He was sweating like a racehorse.”
Litotes
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A particular kind of understatement as exemplified in the sentence “I was not unhappy with the outcome” is called what?
Hyperbole
Metonymy
Litotes
Euphemism
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device?
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Anaphora
Synecdoche
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the device exemplified by Eliza Doolittle’s use of the word “abso-bloomin’-lutely”?
Cacophony
Tmesis
Litotes
Chiasmus
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What literary device does the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “Do I love you because you’re beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?” illustrate?
Aphorism
Chiasmus
Metaphor
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
I've told you a million times not to do that
Litotes
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,..."
Synecdoche
Imagery
Anaphora
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
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