Literary Devices

Irony is when an event or response occurs that is the ___________ of what is expected.

• preview

• example

• same

• opposite

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Any communication between two characters—generally spoken out loud - is known as -?

• perception

• dialogue

• alliteration

• juxtaposition

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which are some REASONS that an author may use dialogue?

(choose all that apply)

• It gives voice to the characters

• provide readers with specific information or to create a mood or atmosphere

• To show how characters can evolve or change

• Moves the story forward in a more straight way than a narrator’s explanation.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"I simultaneously composed and destroyed the opera while writing it" is an example of what kind of literary device?

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool?

• Simile

• Paradox

• Inference

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Words or ideas deliberately said or written multiple times within a sentence or series of sentences", is which literary device - ?

• word choice

• symbolism

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The image is an example of which literary device?

• a shopping cart

• symbolism

• imagery

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The image is SYMBOL of?

• that you have 1 notification

• a shoppong cart

• that you have 1 item waiting to be purchased

• that you are required to purchase 1 item

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"The wise fool is burning my taco" employs what kind of literary device?

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• personification

• irony

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of these is an example of Alliteration ?

• Flaming Ice

• Four-leafed clover

• Bed Bath & Beyond

• "Chocolate is my kryptonite"

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4