Literary Devices Quiz

Literary Devices Quiz

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Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5A, L.6.5A, L.4.5

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Jerry Goodnight

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40 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to give human qualities to non-human things?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to make exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to make a comparison of two different things, often introduced by like or as?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

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

What does the term 'imagination' refer to in literature?

A comparison of two different things.

Exaggerated statements that should not be taken literally.

Writing about objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to our five physical senses.

A repetition of words with similar sounds occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.

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 metaphor?

A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar.

A comparison of two different things, often introduced by like or as.

Statements or claims that are exaggerated and not meant to be taken literally.

Giving human qualities to something non-human.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?

To get an answer

To make a point or provoke reflection

To confuse the listener

To start a conversation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This backpack weighs a ton.

Images

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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