Lit term and midterm review

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Why do we use literary devices?(more than 1 answer)

• To provide insight to your writing for the readers

• Emphasis and Clarity

• Evoke moods and emotions

• To help readers to connect to the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is symbolism?

• a word that mimics a sound

• repetition of consonant sounds

• using symbols to represent something

• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is onomatopoeia?

• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

• repetition of consonant sounds

• using symbols to represent something

• a word that when pronounced mimics a sound that was written

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is alliteration?

• a word that mimics a sound

• repetition of consonant sounds

• using symbols to represent something

• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"America is a melting pot" is an example of 

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• simile

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is personification?

• a word that mimics a sound

• using symbols to represent something

• repetition of consonant sounds

• Giving human or animal like traits to non-living objects

• making something look like a person

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• foreshadowing

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Click the button. "Click" is an example of...

• metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"She is like a butterfly" is an example of...

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of...

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D