Identifying Literary Devices

a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea.

• symbol

• foreshadowing

• personification

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following is an example of which type of rhetorical device?
There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.

• Personification 
• Juxtaposition
• Irony
• Paradox

I'm as grouchy as a hungry bear is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• a hyperbole

• an allegory

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My sister is the devil is an example of

• a hyperbole

• parallelism

• a symbol

• a metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone!

• Anaphora
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Antithesis

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
Bill is a cheerful pessimist.

• Irony
• Oxymoron
• Paradox
• Metaphor

Check all of the following which are metaphors

• They were clowns

• She ate like a bird

• She's a snake

• Like a wolf, he cried into the night.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
The fog crept through doorways and keyholes.

• Irony
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
Jack is like a squirrel

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Juxtaposition
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D