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Author's Craft

Authored by Katie Aller

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 407+ times

Author's Craft
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An expression that conveys the opposite belief of the speaker in a humorous way is called...

foreshadowing

metaphor

irony

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Comparisons between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" are called...

similes

alliteration

metaphors

dialects

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that makes reference to a well-known person, event, or place is called...

personification

illusion

imagery

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using...

dialect

personification

characterization

symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Expressions or terms that are specific to a group of people or a type of profession are known as...

idiom

dialect

hyperbole

jargon

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A phrase that expresses an idea without using any terms that relate to what's being expressed is called...

repetition

metaphor

idiom

tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on."

This is an example of a:

simile

imagery

hyperbole

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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