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Literary Device Practice

Authored by Leslie Shrum

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 6+ times

Literary Device Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

time and place the story takes place
Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."

setting
plot
imagery
exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

comparing two things using like or as
Ex. "You're like a kid Lennie."

hyperbole
irony
metaphor
simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

language or way of speech of a particular region of the country
Ex. "It wasn't no good to pet."

dialogue
characterization
communication
dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the author directly tells the reader what the character is like
Ex. "He stepped short, quick steps, of a fat legged man."

indirect characterization
pointed characterization
direct characterization
straight characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the author gives clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says, as well as how other characters react to them
Ex. "Crooks scowled, but Lennie's disarming smile defeated him. Come on in and set a while."

direct characterization
indirect characterization
forward characterization
round characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the author directly tells the reader what the character is like
Ex. "He stepped short, quick steps, of a fat legged man."

indirect characterization
pointed characterization
forward characterization
direct characterization

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected
Ex. Crooks lets Lennie in his room.

irony
situational irony
verbal irony
foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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