Exploring Literary Devices and Structure

Which literary device is characterized by the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

• Inversion

• Anaphora

• Conceit

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful."

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Apostrophe

• Exhortation

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term refers to a narrative that recounts the experiences of someone who has been captured, often by enemies or in a foreign land?

• Puritan plain

• Captivity narrative

• Archaism

• Conceit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things, often using "is" or "are"?

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which literary device involves the use of an older or obsolete form of language?

• Exhortation

• Archaism

• Conceit

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "The pen is mightier than the sword."

• Conceit

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term describes a type of extended metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way?

• Conceit

• Anaphora

• Apostrophe

• Exhortation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the term for a literary device that involves a direct or indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art?

• Allusion

• Inversion

• Anaphora

• Archaism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which literary device is characterized by the reversal of the normal order of words in a sentence?

• Inversion

• Anaphora

• Conceit

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which term refers to a style of writing that is straightforward and simple, often associated with the Puritans?

• Puritan plain

• Captivity narrative

• Archaism

• Exhortation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D