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Literary Devices Quiz

Authored by Sarno Derek

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices Quiz
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1.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the literary device used in the sentence: "The clouds were fluffy like cotton candy." The literary device is (a)   .

Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Identify the literary device used in the sentence: "BANG! The ball leapt off the bat as it soared into the stands."

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Identify the literary device used in the phrase "Love is blind."

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the literary device used in the sentence: "He has a heart of gold."

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Identify the literary device used in the sentence: "She never stops talking, always blah blahing away."

Personification

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Match the following sentences with the literary devices they use.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Metaphor

The wind whispered through the trees.

Simile

Time is a thief.

Personification

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Alliteration

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the literary device used in the sentence: "Cary closed her cluttered closet." The literary device is (a)   .

Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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