Literary Terms Review Game

What is "a figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human traits"?

• allusion

• simile

• personification

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Choose all that apply. There is more than one answer!

"The vacuum cleaner growled and hissed at my mom while she was frantically trying to clean the house."

This sentence contains...

• alliteratioon

• personification

• figurative language

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following sentence contains a hyperbole?

• My virtual classmates are a sea of anonymous faces.

• The kite cut through the air like a sharp bite.

• Ms. Evans is the busiest teacher in the entire universe.

• The fireworks zipped and exploded into colorful raining stars.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The tree danced in the wind" is an example of ________.

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"My brother's room is a zoo" is an example of a ________.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of a(n) _______

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An exaggeration that cannot be possibly true is a(n) _________

• hyperbole

• allusion

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Making a reference to literature, art, science, mythology, pop-culture, Bible, etc.

• allusion

• alliteration

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

An example of ________ is when a student receiving an award for Perfect Attendance at school is absent the day of the award ceremony.

• personification

• metaphor

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A