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.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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.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
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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