Exploring Literary Devices and Structure

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English
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11th Grade
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Hard
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Allison Messenger
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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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