
Literary Devices and Their Definitions
Authored by Maria Joseph
English
10th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device uses descriptive language that appeals to the senses to create vivid mental pictures?
Irony
Imagery
Sylbolism
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between two different things using “like” or “as” is called:
Simile
Metaphor
Allegory
Apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art is known as:
Allusion
Allegory
Point of View
Sylbolism
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The perspective from which a story is narrated is called:
Irony
Point of View
Allusion
Apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or an object as if it could respond, the device is called:
Alliteration
Allegory
Allusion
Apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A story in which characters and events symbolize abstract concepts to convey a moral or political message is:
Allusion
Allegory
Imagery
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities beyond their literal meaning is:
Imagery
Point of Virw
Narration
Sylbolism
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
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