Literary Devices Game Kro

What is a simile?

• Words that compare things that aren't similar using "like" or "as"

• Words that compare things that aren't similar without using "like" or "as"

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• The same sound repeated at the beginning of words

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• I'm as big as a horse

• My brain is a vault

• The tree danced in the wind

• Fair is foul and foul is fair

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does personification mean?

• Using words to symbolize other things

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• The same sound repeated at the beginning of words

• Words that compare things that aren't similar using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The leaves jumped for joy

• The silly snake silently slithered

• I'm still like a statue

• He is lightning on the track

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does a symbol do in literature?

• Compares things that aren't similar using "like" or "as"

• Uses words to symbolize other things and people

• Gives human characteristics to non-human things

• Repeats the same sound at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry called?

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which term describes when two words have the same consonant sounds in the middle or end of words near each other?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for words that describe sounds, like "splash" or "moo"?

• Diction

• Onomatopoeia

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the main lesson in a story expressed as a sentence called?

• Tone

• Diction

• Theme

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What term refers to the word choice a writer uses to create tone in their work?

• Onomatopoeia

• Diction

• Assonance

• Consonance

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B