Diction Devices Practice #3

When a word sounds like its meaning, it is called....

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When a writer compares two unlike things using "like" or "as", it is called....

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When a writer gives an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have, it's called....

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Comparing two unlike things by saying that one thing is another thing without using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When two or more words close together in a story or poem start with the same consonant sound.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The "emotional" feel of a word is called its...

• denotation

• connotation

• diction

• definition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis is called...

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The following sentence contains which diction device?

I heard the sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The following sentence contains which diction device?

The wind sang a gentle lullaby through the meadow.

• Hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A