Allusion is defined as______

A reference to a famous person, place, or event

A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Words that involve one of the five senses

What is an example of a consonance?

I hit a cat with a bat wearing a hat (No i did not)

Fee fi fo fum, i'm going to eat all of your bread crumbs

Nobody knows that, so just search it on google like what everyone else does for everything

What is a common misunderstanding for consonances

that they don't have to be in any language

Identify the paradox.

The person who wrote that book can’t write.

The clouds drifted lazily in the sky.

The clown fish swam comically in the aquarium.

Identify the paradox.

If you want peace, you must prepare for war.

Robert carefully built a model of the ship.

Remember to take out the trash.

I’m quite a big fan of dry erase boards, they’re quite re-markable

I like planes, thyey fligh high and fast

I don’t prefer cold ham, i like it warm

I really like sharks, their teeth are really sharp

Which population is growing the fastest? Ireland, everyday its Dublin

I was going to create a belt of watches, but then realized it was a waist of time

An idea that has been over-used

the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry

The repetition of letters in a line of poetry

the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry

the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

the recurrence of rhythmic pattern in poetry

when a line of poetry ends in no punctuation

the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza

What is "free verse"?

poetry free of any restrictions; not tied to a particular pattern

a division of poem based on thought or form

the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza

Which is an example of a simile?

His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

His room was a hurricane of a mess.

The hurricane screamed through the town.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

You are as a beautiful as a flower.

He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.

Why do people use figurative language?

To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

To structure their writing into paragraphs.

Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

Literary Device Examples

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English

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10th Grade

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Hard

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CCSS

L.4.5, RL.2.4, RI.9-10.4

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Margaret Anderson

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Metaphor

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is an example of oxymoron below?

Shining like a diamond

Bob is a

Zombie

Jumbo shrimp

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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