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Literary Devices Quiz - Grade 8

ELA 8

  1.  
    Metaphor
  2.  
    Simile
  3.  
    Onomatopoeia
  4.  
    Personification
  5.  
    Idiom
  6.  
    Hyperbole
  7.  
    Oxymoron
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Literary Devices Quiz - Grade 8 (Answer Key)

ELA 8

  1.  
    Metaphor
    Compares two different things. ex; Jim is a giraffe.
  2.  
    Simile
    Compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. ex; she swam like a fish.
  3.  
    Onomatopoeia
    A word that sounds like what it describes. ex; The water splashed when I jumped in.
  4.  
    Personification
    Assigning human qualities to something that is not human. ex; The trees danced in the wind.
  5.  
    Idiom
    A group of words that has a different meaning from the literal meaning. ex; Break a leg.
  6.  
    Hyperbole
    An exaggerated statement. ex; They were dying of laughter.
  7.  
    Oxymoron
    A sentence or phrase with two opposite or contradicting words. ex; The chair is pretty ugly.

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