Literary Devices Quiz

What does the term "simile" refer to in literature?

• The comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using the words like or as

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• The attribution of a personal nature to something nonhuman

• A visually descriptive or figurative language

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a "metaphor"?

• A phrase that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase

• The comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which term describes "exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally"?

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Connotation

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does "personification" mean?

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

• The beat and pace of a poem created by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is "alliteration"?

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• Visually descriptive or figurative language

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Which term is defined as "visually descriptive or figurative language"?

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme scheme

• Rhythm

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is "onomatopoeia"?

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

• The beat and pace of a poem created by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does "rhyme scheme" refer to?

• The beat and pace of a poem created by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

• An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

• A phrase that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase

What is the definition of "rhythm" in poetry?

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

• The beat and pace of a poem created by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does "connotation" mean?

• the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of consecutive words

• the comparison of two unlike things

• An implied or associated meaning

• the giving of human characteristics to a nonhuman object

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4