Literary Devices ELA (WORK IN PROGRESS)

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English
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4th - 8th Grade
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Ethan Long
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Allusion?
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural significance
gives the audience hints or signs about the future
the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences
words that begin with the same sound are placed close together
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4A
CCSS.RL.4.4
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Alliteration
words that begin with the same sound are placed close together
is a short statement of a general truth, insight, or good advice
skipping one or more conjunctions
which an author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4A
CCSS.L.4.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Assonance?
is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story
is a literary term where you use “like” or “as” to compare two different things and show a common quality between them
is the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences
is the usage of a word in a new grammatical form
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Foreshadowing?
is a device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past
gives the audience hints or signs about the future
is a brief introductory piece in a book that is usually written by someone other than then author
is a short scene in which the action jumps ahead to the future of the narrative
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Hyperbole?
is a figure of speech in which an author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme
is a figure of speech in which the typical, natural order of words is changed as certain words are moved out of order
is a phrase that conveys a figurative meaning different from the words used
language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4A
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an Analogy?
a literary technique in which two unrelated objects are compared for their shared qualities
is when a certain word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of clauses or sentences that follow each other
is the opposite of the protagonist, or main character
is the overall mood of a story or poem
Tags
CCSS.L.4.4A
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.4
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Irony?
is when there are two contradicting meanings of the same situation, event, image, sentence, phrase, or story
is the process of drawing a conclusion from supporting evidence
It’s what happens when an author, deliberately or accidentally, puts historical events, fashions, technology, etc., in the wrong place
It’s what happens when an author, deliberately or accidentally, puts historical events, fashions, technology, etc., in the wrong place.
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CCSS.L.4.4A
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.4
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