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Literary Terms and Figurative Language

Authored by Eric Jarvis

English

6th Grade

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Literary Terms and Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea (e.g., The fire licked his wound).

Alliteration
Assonance
Conflict
Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the use of words that imitate sounds (e.g. Pow).

Protagonist
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as (e.g., He's as fast as a cheetah; My heart is like a stone).

Mood
Allusion
Simile
Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A direct comparison without using like or as (e.g., He is a cheetah; my heart is a stone)

Metaphor
Malapropism
Mood
Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. (e.g., he would run away from his own shadow.)

Hyperbole
Assonance
Analogy
Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g., peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)

Resolution
Climax
Allusion
Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repetition of similar vowel sounds. (e.g. After awhile, crocodile)

Mood
Synecdoche
Pun
Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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