Literary Devices

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English

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7th - 8th Grade

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CCSS

L.7.5A, RL.8.6, L.7.4A

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James Haley

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the literary definition of a figure of speech?

An inanimate object being portrayed as if it has human qualities

Comparing two unlike things using a word of comparison

Expressions that are not literally true but suggest similarities between usually unrelated things

When reality contradicts what we expect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following is an example of what type of literary device: a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground.

Verbal Irony

Simile

Imagery

Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choose the correct term for the following definition: occurs when we know something that a character in a story doesn't know.

Dramatic Irony

Metaphor

Personification

Symbolism

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CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the literary definition of a simile?

Compare two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison

Speaking of an inanimate object as if it had human qualities

Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else

Compare two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following is an example of what type of literary device: Heather is a beautiful snowflake.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choose the correct term for the following definition: A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

Imagery

Verbal Irony

Dialect

Symbolism

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the literary definition of symbolism?

Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison

People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves

Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else

Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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