Exploring Literary Devices and Structure

Exploring Literary Devices and Structure

11th Grade

10 Qs

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Exploring Literary Devices and Structure

Exploring Literary Devices and Structure

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.11-12.6, RL.2.4, L.7.5A

+8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Allison Messenger

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device is characterized by the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

Inversion

Anaphora

Conceit

Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful."

Metaphor

Allusion

Apostrophe

Exhortation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to a narrative that recounts the experiences of someone who has been captured, often by enemies or in a foreign land?

Puritan plain

Captivity narrative

Archaism

Conceit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things, often using "is" or "are"?

Metaphor

Allusion

Anaphora

Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device involves the use of an older or obsolete form of language?

Exhortation

Archaism

Conceit

Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "The pen is mightier than the sword."

Conceit

Metaphor

Allusion

Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes a type of extended metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way?

Conceit

Anaphora

Apostrophe

Exhortation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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