Literary Devices
Authored by Ashley Balliet
English
6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of initial consonant sounds used especially in poetry to emphasize and link words as well as to create pleasing, musical sound
characterization
dialect
alliteration
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art to enrich the reading experience by adding meaning.
allusion
flashback
figurative language
dialect
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character by what:
*he/she does
*other characters say about him/her, or how they react
*the author reveals directly or through a narrator
satire
irony
figurative language
characterization
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar typical of a geographical region.
alliteration
allusion
dialect
humor
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story
flashback
point of view
foreshadowing
irony
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.4.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning; also known as "figures of speech"
Examples: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification
point of view
figurative language
satire
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Comparison using 'like' or 'as'
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
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