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Literary Devices

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My love is like a red, red rose.

Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net

Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The formation of a word or sound associated with what is named is called what?

simile
irony
metaphor
onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is referred to as a?

metaphor
flashback
simile
personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A group of words who contain the same sound , at the beginning of the word,are called what?

onomatopoeia
anagram
allegory
alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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