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Grade 9
Attentiveness,
Honesty,
Mrs. Ma.Jane Tungcul
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ONLINE GROUP QUIZ
INSTRUCTIONS:
• There will be three rounds.
• You will work in groups of 3-4 members
and be assigned to breakout rooms.
• You will be given 1 minute to confer with
each other and answer the questions.
• Each group will assign one person to
submit their answer to the teacher via direct
message/private chat as soon the round is
over.
• Good luck!
ROUND 1: EASY ROUND
MULTIP
LE
CHOICE
• You have one minute to discuss and answer.
• Type the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer your group has discussed.
• Submit your answers by the end of the round.
The wind whispered Question #1
sweetly in my ear.

What literary device is used in this

sentence?

a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. irony
You are the sunshine Question #2
that brings light to my
grey days.
What literary device is used in this
sentence?

a. allusion
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. anaphora
The laughter of the
witch sounded like
nails on a chalkboard.
What literary device is used in this
sentence?
a. simile
b. alliteration
c. oxymoron
d. litotes
Question #3
 1. C. Personification

This example is not a metaphor or simile

because the wind is not being compared
to anything.
LET'S CHECK There is nothing in the sentence that
YOUR suggests it means the opposite of what it
being stated, so the answer is not irony.
KNOWLEDGE!It is an example of personification,
which is when you give human attributes
or qualities to non-living things or
concepts. The wind cannot literally
"whisper", because it isn't a person.
 2. C. Metaphor
This is not an example of an allusion,
which is defined is an an indirect
reference.

C K It is not an anaphora, which is the

HE repetition of a word or expression at the

C G E beginning of sentences or clauses.

This example features a comparison of

T' S ED two unlike objects. In this example,

E R L "you" and "sunshine" are compared to
L OU W one another. It is a metaphor and not a

Y NO
simile, because it is a direct comparison
and does not use the words "like" or
K "as".
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 3. A. Simile

A simile is an indirect comparison of two

unlike objects using the words "like" or "as".
In this sentence, the laughter of the witch is

E C K being compared to nails on a chalkboard.

C H
T ' S !
It is not an example of alliteration, which is
E
L UR G E the repetition of consonant sounds.

O L E D
Y OW It is not an oxymoron, because it doesn't

K N feature two contradictory terms side by side.

It is not an example of litotes, because it does

not express an understatement.
ROUND 2:
IDENTIFICATI
AVERAGE ROUND ON

• You have one minute to discuss

and answer.
• Submit your answers by the end of
the round.
 Question #4
Pretty Princess
Pamela prefers to
prance and pirouette.

What literary device is used in this

sentence?
 Question #5
Matt rapped with
the band while the
man in the tan hat
clapped.
What literary device is used in
this sentence?
 Question #6
The bacon popped and
sizzled in the frying
pan.
The words "popped" and "sizzled" are words
that sound like their meaning. What literary
device is this?
 4. Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant
sounds. In this example, the /p/ sound is
repeated throughout the sentence in the
words "Pretty", "Princess", "Pamela",
"prefers", "prance" and "pirouette."
CK

DI
5. Assonance
E

Assonance is the repetition of vowel

AN
H

sounds. The words "Matt" "rapped"

UN U C

"band" "man" "tan" "hat", and

ST
YO T'S

"clapped" all have the short a vowel

R
G! E R

sound.
LE

D
 6. Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is when a word
evokes its actual sound. The
U R sounds of the words "pop"
YO ! (which means a sharp, snapping
K N G noise) and "sizzle" (a hissing
EC D I sound that is made when
H
C TA N cooking) suggest the words
'S S themselves.
E T R
L D E
UN
ROUND 3: READI
C OM P N G
DIFFICULT R E HE N
N AND S I O
IDENT
ROUND IFICAT
ION.
• Read the selection and identify the
correct literary device.
• You have one minute to discuss
and answer.
• Submit your answers by the end of
the round.
Read this excerpt from William Wordsworth's poem Question #7
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (16):

"I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills"

What literary device is used in the phrase

"I wandered lonely as a cloud?"
Read this excerpt from William Question #8
Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered
Lonely as a Cloud" (16):

"Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance."

This excerpt describes a field of daffodils. What literary

device is used in the phrase "tossing their heads in
sprightly dance."?
 7. Simile
This phrase shows an indirect
R comparison between I/ the speaker
O U and a cloud, using the word "as".
Y G !
CK IN 8. Personification.
H E N D
C A In this excerpt, daffodils are
' S S T described as "tossing their heads
E T E R
L D in sprightly dance", which is an
U N action that only humans can
perform.
 You've reached the end of
this quiz. Good job!
Remember: Writers use literary devices to creatively express
meaning in unique ways. When you are able to identify and
understand literary devices, reading and writing become more
enjoyable and fulfilling.

REFERENCE:
Wordsworth, William. “The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III.” The Project Gutenberg, Project Gutenberg, 8 Apr. 2018,
www.gutenberg.org/files/12383/12383-h/12383-h.htm.