Literary Devices

Literary Devices

10th Grade

15 Qs

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Literary Devices

Literary Devices

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.11-12.6, RI.9-10.4, L.4.5

+23

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is exaggeration for effect?

Antithesis

Ambiguity

Hyperbole

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A stop or a pause in a line of poetry - usually caused by punctuation.

caesura

enjambment

stanza

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A use of words to mean the opposite of what they appear to mean.

caesura

irony

pathetic fallacy

enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the repeated 'S' sounds most often caused by?

Alliteration

Plosive

Sibilance

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a repetition of vowel sounds?

Alliteration

Plosive

Sibilance

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the term for two ideas being placed close together for contrasting effect?

Anaphora

Juxtaposition

Oxymoron

Semantic field

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a figure of speech in which two contradictory things are placed together in a way which makes peculiar sense?

Anaphora

Juxtaposition

Oxymoron

Semantic field

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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