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Literary Devices

Authored by Olivia Scruggs

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Making a brief, indirect reference to person, place, or thing that is outside the text. It is up to the reader to make the connection

Allusion

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Simile

Metaphor

Analogy

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

A figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and or contradictory is called:

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Simile

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

A figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike, along with illustrating a larger point due to their commonalities is called:

Metaphor

Simile

Analogy

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

A literary device that reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds is called:

Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

A literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to create a picture with words in the heads of the reader. By using descriptive language, the reader can imagine the scene. The writer appeals to the reader's senses of sight, taste, smell, touch, and sound, as well as internal emotion and feelings.

Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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