Identifying Literary Devices

Question 1

I'll die if it rains on our cookout this weekend.

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Hyperbole

Question 2

The baseball whizzed by like a bullet.

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Similie

Question 3

She is as happy as a lark.

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Similie

Question 4

Drawing conclusions or making an educated guess is a(n)

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Inference

Question 5

Choose the euphemism.

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She's not short; she's just vertically challenged., He's not fat; he's just big-boned., I blew chunks after eating my step-mother's cooking., My rabbit passed away 7 years ago.

Question 6

What is an euphemism?

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A literary device, A nicer way to say something harsh to hear.

Question 7

When the audience knows something that a character does not know...

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Dramatic Irony

Question 8

That dentist has such bad teeth.

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Irony

Question 9

When an author gives a hint as to what will happen later in a story....

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Foreshadowing

Question 10

Damian is one cool cat.

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Metaphor

Question 11

I'm so tired I could sleep forever.

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Hyperbole, How I feel right now

Question 12

When the narrator uses pronouns like I, My, We, Us, they are telling the story in

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Ist person

Question 13

The overall lesson/universal statement implied from a story.

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Theme

Question 14

Jump like jolly jelly beans.

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Alliteration

Question 15

Be the first to click this.

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This

Question 16

Be the one to click the correct answer the quickest.

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Correct Answer

Question 17

Her nose was practically growing as she told one lie after another.

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Allusion

Question 18

I can resist anything except temptation.

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The typical teenager, Paradox

Question 19

She had a smile that rivaled that of Mona Lisa.

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Allusion

Question 20

The desk groaned under his weight.

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Personification

Question 21

He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

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Allusion

Identifying Literary Devices

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Identifying Literary Devices

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