Literary Devices 1

Front

Define: ALLITERATION?

Back

Repeating beginning sounds.

Front

I awoke to the smell of burnt coffee and heard bacon sizzling in the pan.

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Definition: Compares two unlike things.

Back

Metaphor

Front

I've told you to clean your room a million times.

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Hyperbole

Front

Figurative language: extreme exaggeration for effect.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Example: She dances like a chicken on hot coals.

Back

Simile

Front

Define: ASSONANCE?

Back

Repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence.

Front

My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything.

Back

Metaphor

Front

Definition: Giving human traits to non-human subjects.

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Personification

Front

Gosh, he is romantic; quite the Romeo!

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Allusion