Literary Devices Flashcard
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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Literary device giving human traits to nonhuman things.
Back
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Literary device for exaggerated statements not meant literally?
Back
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Literary device for comparing unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
Back
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Imagery in literature refers to:
Back
Writing that appeals to our five senses.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Metaphor: A word or phrase for one thing used to refer to another, showing similarity.
Back
A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Purpose of a rhetorical question?
Back
To make a point or provoke thought.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
This backpack weighs a ton.
Back
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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