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Literary Devices Identification

Authored by Jill Patterson

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Devices Identification
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Simile:

An extreme exaggeration

When one thing stands for something else

Comparison of two things using like or as

Comparison of two things without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Metaphor:

Comparison of two things using like or as

A word imitating its sound

A smooth pattern of beats

Comparison of two things without using like or as

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

Hyperbole:

Using descriptive words to make pictures in the reader’s mind; appeals to the five senses

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

An extreme exaggeration

A smooth pattern of beats

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Personification:

An extreme exaggeration

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of a word

When one thing stands for something else

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Symbol:

Using descriptive words to make pictures in the reader’s mind; appeals to the five senses

When one thing stands for something else

A songlike poem that tells a story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Imagery

Using descriptive words to make pictures in the reader’s mind; appeals to the five senses

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alliteration

A word imitating its sound

A smooth pattern of beats

ONE line of poetry, like a sentence

Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

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