Literary Devices
Authored by Angela Barbour
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The sky was angry with dark storm clouds in the distance.
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CCSS.L.11-12.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Running a marathon was her Mt. Everest.
personification
metaphor
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
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
"Clang! Clang!" came from the old washing machine.
personification
metaphor
onomatopoeia
idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I waited in line at the ticket counter for a million years.
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Coffee shops in Seattle are a dime a dozen.
hyperbole
idiom
simile
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
He attracted girls like honey attracted flies.
metaphor
simile
personification
idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you want me to help you, you're barking up the wrong tree.
hyperbole
metaphor
idiom
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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