SSC 8 Literary Devices

Front

Comparison of 2 unlike 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

A word or phrase describing something not literally applicable.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Two or more words in a row starting with the same sound

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Obvious and intentional exaggeration

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Giving human traits to animals/objects

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Words that sound like what they describe

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Common non-literal expressions used by specific groups

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Comparison of two unlike things for explanation

Back

analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

one in a million

Back

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

All the world is a stage

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D