Literary Devices

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9th Grade
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Edwin Nast
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Metaphor is
Comparison between two things without using like or as
Comparison between two things using like or as
giving human qualities to non human things
a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Simile is
Comparison between two things without using like or as
Comparison between two things using like or as
giving human qualities to non human things
a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Personification is
Comparison between two things without using like or as
Comparison between two things using like or as
giving human qualities to non human things
a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Irony is
Comparison between two things without using like or as
Comparison between two things using like or as
giving human qualities to non human things
a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Imagery is
two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities
vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind
opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Juxtaposition is
two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities
vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind
opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Paradox is
two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities
vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind
opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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