Literary Devices

Which is an example of alliteration?

• Hickory, dickory, dock.

  The mouse ran up the clock.

• Happy

  Excited

  Laughing

  Lovely

  Outrageous

• Sally sells shells by the seashore.

• You are a real Einstein.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

An indirect or passing reference to another person or work in literature.

(Hint: "You are a real Einstein." "Thanks, Newton."

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these is NOT a type of conflict in a story?

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Author

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the main purpose for using a euphemism in writing or speaking?

• To make a rude comment or expression seem more polite.

• To compare different characters in a book.

• To show you don't understand something.

• To help you look up the meaning of words.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which is the best example of a euphemism?

• My grandpa has more hair than you.

• You're becoming a little thin on the top of your head.

• You're bald.

• What happened to all of your hair?

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A scene in a story set in a time earlier than the main story.

• Hyperbole

• Connotation

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which statement would be a hyperbole?

• This backpack weighs a ton.

• I just ran a mile in PE.

• I have three heavy books in my bag.

• The small, brown duck glided across the cloudy pond.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is a simile?

• A comparison that must rhyme.

• A happy comparison.

• A comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as."

• A comparison using "like" or "as."

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mood describes....

• how the narrator is feeling.

• how the reader is feeling.

• how the author is feeling.

• how the main character is feeling.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is an example of an onomatopoeia?

• He is running.

• There was an explosion.

• Boom!

• Hello!

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3