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Literary Devices

Authored by Shari Shleibak

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, typically using the words like or as, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Metaphor

Simile

Allusion

Allegory

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common; does not use the words "like" or "as"

Simile

Personification

Imagery

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Irony

Hyperbole

Personification

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Allusion

Allegory

Alliteration

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Represents objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

Personification

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Imagery

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

The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

Onomatopoeia

Allusion

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Literary technique in which surface appearances or intentions are radically different (usually the opposite) from the real outcome.

Metaphor

Alliteration

Irony

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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