Literary Devices

Front

Comparison of different things using 'like' or 'as' for vivid description.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without "like" or "as".

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Attributing human traits to nonhuman entities or abstract concepts.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Same letter/sound at the start of adjacent words.

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Represents objects, actions, and ideas appealing to the senses.

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Naming by vocal imitation of the associated sound

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Literary technique where surface appearance differs from reality

Back

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

An expression that indirectly references something without mentioning it explicitly.

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Back

Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5