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Literary Devices

Authored by Vickie Walsh

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Characterization

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Example: Bed Bath and Beyond

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Imagery

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Occurs when opposite ideas are joined together to create an effect.

Example: Jumbo shrimp

Oxymoron

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. Example: A dove representing peace

Irony

Symbolism

Metaphor

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Example: it's raining cats and dogs.

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

Example: the assignment was a breeze!

Oxymoron

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

Example: He was a real Romeo with the ladies

Allusion

Irony

Symbolism

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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