Literary Devices Pretest
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
A comparison between two different things using "like" or "as."
A comparison between two different things that DOES NOT use "like" or "as."
Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing.
It's the shape your face makes when you're happy.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two different objects using "like" or "as."
A comparison between two different objects that DOES NOT use "like" or "as."
Giving human characteristics to a non-human object.
The 13th planet from the sun.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.
The repetition of initial consonants in a phrase.
Exaggeration as a means of making a point in literature.
The process of becoming a person.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Her smile was as bright as the morning sun" is an example of:
A Metaphor
A Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is hyperbole?
Using the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words.
Making your characters really hyper.
Exaggerating statements in order to make a point.
Understating details in order to make a point.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is alliteration?
Exaggerating statements to make a point.
Using the same letter sounds at the beginning of adjacent words.
Making a comparison using "like" or "as."
Drawing a picture in a reader's mind.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is imagery?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Repeating the same phrases over and over.
Putting illustrations in your story.
Drawing a picture in a reader's mind.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
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