Literary Devices

• He was as slow as a sloth.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Slow Speech

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

• Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round.

• Metaphor

• Similie

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

• The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which literary device compares two things using “like” or “as”?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• characterization

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which literary device uses a repeated sound?

• alliteration

• allusion

• repetition

• verbal irony

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool?

• Simile

• Paradox

• Inference

• Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a hyperbole?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in teh same phrase.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The use of words that imitate sounds.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which among the following is an example of a metaphor?

• Her hair is like a flowing golden river.

• Her hair is a flowing golden river.

• Her hair is so long I wanted to cut all off.

• Her hair dances along the breeze of the wind.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which among the following is an example of a personification?

• Her hair is like a flowing golden river.

• Her hair is a flowing golden river.

• Her hair is so long I wanted to cut all off.

• Her hair dances along the breeze of the wind.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Compares two things without using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4