Literary Devices Review

Front

Gives human traits to nonhuman things.

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

Comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

This literary device makes a direct comparison by stating one thing as another.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Word that imitates or suggests its 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, not meant to be taken literally.

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

A conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie.

Back

Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Repetition of sound between words or at the ends of lines in poetry.

Back

Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Literary device using the same word/phrase multiple times for effect.

Back

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Literary device repeated in music/poetry, like a song's chorus.

Back

Refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4