Literary devices

Literary devices

7th - 8th Grade

32 Qs

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Literary devices

Literary devices

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.6.3, RL.9-10.3, L.7.5A

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Sherry Zuccaro

Used 15+ times

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32 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. For example: the trees danced in the wind.
personification
alliteration
simile
oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An over-exaggeration. For example: I was standing in line forever.
personification
cliche
metaphor
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. 
He was a bear in the the goal.
simlie
paradox
metaphor
allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mark is as fast as a cheetah. This is an example of the following:
simile
metaphor
idiom
analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fred ate five French fries on Friday.
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
cliche

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

POW!
Bang!
Buzzzzzz....
alliteration
personification
Onomatopoeia
assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference to a well-known person, place, event or work (book, song or movie) that appears in another work
allegory
allusion
analogy
alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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