Literary Devices and Language Features Quiz

"He had watched me one day as I prayed at dusk." What language feature is MOST evident in this sentence?

• First-person narration

• Simile

• Rhetorical question

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“The people were saying: ‘The Red Army is advancing with giant strides... Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to.’” What tone is conveyed in this excerpt?

• Angry

• Naive optimism

• Regretful

• Violent

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

“Night fell. It had fallen again.” What literary device is used here?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“The shadows beneath the trees were ghosts.” What type of figurative language is used?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Irony

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

“The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion.” Which best identifies the personified concept in this sentence?

• German

• Jew

• Delusion

• Ghetto

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CCSS.L.6.5A

“Our backyard looked like a marketplace. Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, books, papers…” What language feature is being used to describe the setting?

• Simile and listing

• Metaphor and irony

• Alliteration and repetition

• Foreshadowing and flashback

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“The street resembled a marketplace that had been left for centuries in some forgotten town.” What is the purpose of this comparison?

• To show the wealth of the town

• To create a sense of history and age

• To create imagery that evokes chaos and abandonment

• To describe the town’s traditions

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

“There was joy, yes, joy. People must have thought there could be no greater torment in God’s hell than being stranded here.” What literary device is used by repeating “joy”?

• Parallelism

• Juxtaposition

• Euphemism

• Repetition for irony

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“The news spread through Sighet like wildfire.” What figurative language is used?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were left behind in the wagon, and with them, finally, our illusions.” What does the word “illusions” symbolize in this context?

• Their possessions

• Their memories

• Their false sense of safety

• Their religious beliefs

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5