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Literary Devices

Authored by Michael Pignatora

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 140+ times

Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Words that have the same ending sound

Simile

Alliteration

Rhyme

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of words that begin with the same sound

Extended metaphor

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

Simile

Metaphor

Extended metaphor

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Giving Human characteristics to non-human things.

Characterization

Tone

Mood

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Sound effects

Imagery

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

When two seemingly unlike things are compared to one another

Theme

Conflict

Metaphor

Simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Language that appeals to the 5 senses.  (Things you can see, hear, taste, smell, feel)

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Theme

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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