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Literary Devices

Authored by Emmett Jones

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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

Alliteration

Allusion

Analogy

Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Character vs. Society

Character vs. Nature

Character vs. Character

Character vs. Author

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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?

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Hyperbole

Connotation

Flashback

Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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