Literary Devices
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English
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6th Grade
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Paul Vroom
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
An extreme exaggeration
simile
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
a direct comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as
alliteration
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
a comparison of two unlike things, using the words 'like' or 'as'
simile
Tags
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
when the same sounds are used at the beginning of several words in a sentence - 'all the sounds are the same'
simile
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
a word that represents a sound - the word sounds like the sound it makes
simile
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
when a non-human object is given human qualities or emotions
simile
personification
Tags
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Choose the literary device being used for this sentence:
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
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