Literary Devices Quiz

What is a simile?

• A comparison made by calling one thing another

• A word that mimics a sound

• A comparison made using the words "like" or "as"

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does a metaphor use to make a comparison?

• Exaggerated statements

• The words "like" or "as"

• Directly calling one thing another

• Human characteristics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is hyperbole?

• A word that mimics a sound

• Common expressions with different meanings from their literal interpretation

• Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is onomatopoeia?

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• A comparison made using the words "like" or "as"

• A word that mimics a sound

• Common expressions with different meanings from their literal interpretation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is alliteration?

• A comparison made by calling one thing another

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• A word that mimics a sound

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is personification?

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• A word that mimics a sound

• Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is an idiom?

• A word that mimics a sound

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• Common expressions in which the words mean something different from their literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D