Literary Devices Review - Final Exam

“Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street

Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly

Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you’re already flying

through the free fall

Like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all” – Red

 

The underlined lines are an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

“Cause you were Romeo –- I was a scarlet letter

And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet”

But you were everything to me

I was begging you please don’t go and I said …” – Love Story

 

The underlined lines are an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

"Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise

So casually cruel in the name of being honest I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here 'Cause I remember it all, all, all too well” – All Too Well

 

The underlined line is an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Simile

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

“I really really hate that

Stupid old pickup truck

You never let me drive You're a redneck heartbreak

Who's really bad at lying

So watch me strike a match On all my wasted time

As far as I'm concerned you're

Just another picture to burn” - Picture to Burn

 

The underlined line is an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

‘Cause baby now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look at what you've done '

Cause baby now we got bad blood” – Bad Blood

 

The underlined lines are an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Allusion

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“So how can I ever try to be better?

Nobody ever lets me in

I can still see you, this ain’t the best view

On the outside looking in” – The Outside

 

Which of the following themes best fits the passage?

• Hope

• Isolation

• Fear

• Anxiety

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

"Our song is a slamming screen door,

Sneaking out late tapping on your window,

When we're on the phone and you talk real slow,

'Cause it's late and your mama don't know” – Our Song

 

The underlined line is an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Alliteration and Symbolism

• Hyperbole and Allusion

• Metaphor and Alliteration

• Metaphor and Simile

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

“Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street

Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly

Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you’re already flying through the free fall

Like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all” – Red

 

The underlined lines are an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Your eyes whispered "have we met?" Across the room your silhouette starts to make its way to me The playful conversation starts Counter all your quick remarks, like passing notes in secrecy And it was enchanting to meet you All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you” – Enchanted

 

The underlined line is an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Homophone

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

“All my flowers grew back as thorns

Windows boarded up after the storm

He built a fire just to keep me warm” – Call It What You Want

 

            This passage is an example of which of the following literary devices …

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Symbolism

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4