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Literary Devices Quiz

Authored by Kimberly Wailand

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of words, called?

Metaphor

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes imaginative language used for descriptive effect, not meant to be taken literally?

Figurative Language

Prose

Free Verse

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme scheme called?

Prose

Free Verse

Imagery

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to language that appeals to our senses?

Imagery

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Figurative Language

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

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

Simile

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of literature expresses ideas and feelings in compact, imaginative, and musical language?

Prose

Poetry

Free Verse

Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is any language that is not poetry called?

Prose

Free Verse

Figurative Language

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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