Literary Devices Quiz
Authored by Jana Moore
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does personification mean?
Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
A particular way of thinking about something.
Words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is hyperbole?
A way to compare two different things using the words "like" or "as."
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
A comparison between two things to show how they are alike.
The reason something is done or created.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an idiom?
A phrase that means something different from its literal meaning.
A way to describe something by saying it is something else.
An object or action that represents something else.
A particular way of thinking about something.
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CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does it mean to analyze something?
To examine something in detail to understand it better.
To give human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.
To describe something by saying it is something else.
To compare two different things using the words "like" or "as."
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a perspective?
A particular way of thinking about something.
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
A comparison between two things to show how they are alike.
An object or action that represents something else.
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CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a viewpoint?
Another term for perspective; a way of looking at something.
An object or action that represents something else.
A comparison between two things to show how they are alike.
Words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation.
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an analogy?
A comparison between two things to show how they are alike.
A way to describe something by saying it is something else.
Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.6.5B
CCSS.L.8.5B
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