Literary Devices Flashcard

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Identify the simile: The clouds were like fluffy cotton candy in the sky.

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The clouds were like fluffy cotton candy in the sky.

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Example of a simile:

Back

The sun is a yellow ball in the sky.

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Literary device: 'The world is a stage and we are all actors.'

Back

Metaphor

Front

Metaphor example: The stars are diamonds in the sky.

Back

The stars are diamonds in the sky.

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Identify the personification: The flowers danced in the breeze.

Back

The flowers danced

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Example of personification: The wind whispered through the trees.

Back

The wind whispered through the trees.

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Identify the alliteration: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Back

Peter Piper picked.

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Example of alliteration:

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The big brown bear bellowed in the forest.

Front

Literary device in: 'I've told you a million times to clean your room!'

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hyperbole

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Hyperbole example:

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.