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Literary Devices and Figurative Language
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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an onomatopoeia?
The use of words to imitate sound.
A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."
Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an idiom?
A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the following an example of... "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog..."
onomatopoeia
personification
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the following an example of... "I like that boom boom pow..."
imagery
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the following an example of... "My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around..."
idiom
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are hints, clues, or warnings about something that will happen later in the story called?
flashback
setting
allusion
foreshadowing
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events?
suspense
tone
mood
flashback
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
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