Exploring Key Literary Devices for Text Analysis

What is the primary purpose of using literary devices in text?

• To structure the text

• To enhance the text's meaning and engagement

• To confuse the reader

• To increase the text's length

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary device involves a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device attributes human characteristics to non-human elements?

• Personification

• Metonymy

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which example illustrates a hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• Boots on the ground

• The sun left his footprints in the sky

• All the world's a stage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does the 'crown' represent in the example from 'The Crown'?

• A type of government

• A specific queen

• The entire English monarchy

• A royal headpiece

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does 'boots on the ground' symbolically represent?

• Soldiers or military force

• Shoes

• Hiking

• Ground-level operations

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the context of 'The Tell-Tale Heart', what does the beating heart symbolize?

• Love

• Guilt

• Health

• Fear

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does Juliet mean by 'a rose by any other name would smell as sweet'?

• Names are important for identity

• Names can change the nature of things

• Names do not alter the essence of things

• Roses have variable scents

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which type of irony involves saying the opposite of what is meant?

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• Irony of fate

• Situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What type of irony is demonstrated when the audience knows more than the characters in a story?

• Cosmic irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A