Literary Devices

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Similie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

An exaggerated way of saying something

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Life lesson of a story

Back

Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Inferring a character's traits

Back

Indirect Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

Reader knows something the character does not.

Back

Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Character says something but means the opposite

Back

Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Inanimate object given human traits

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Contradicting words combined

Back

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Opposite of what we expect

Back

Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A