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Literary Devices Definitions

Literary Devices Definitions

Assessment

Flashcard

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English

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8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS
RI.8.4, RL.2.4, L.8.6

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Standards-aligned

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10 questions

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literary device referencing a known person or story?

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literary device that gives human traits to non-human things.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literary device that compares by placing things side-by-side?

Back

Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literary device using repetition at the beginnings of phrases/sentences?

Back

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literary device for author's word choice?

Back

Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literary device that evokes feelings from a word?

Back

Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literary device: extreme exaggeration?

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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