Literary Devices

Literary Devices

9th Grade

18 Qs

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Literary Devices

Literary Devices

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Easy

CCSS
L.8.6, RI.8.4, L.4.5

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Lola Friaz

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a literary device that compares two things using like or as?

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Personification

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 literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human things?

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song?

Rhyme scheme

Symbolism

Allusion

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to represent ideas or qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense?

Rhyme scheme

Symbolism

Allusion

Hyperbole

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

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance?

Rhyme scheme

Symbolism

Allusion

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to exaggerate statements for emphasis or effect?

Rhyme scheme

Symbolism

Allusion

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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