Literary Devices Flashcard

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What is a simile?

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A comparison using "like" or "as"

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What is a metaphor?

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A direct comparison without "like" or "as"

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

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What is hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates a sound

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What is alliteration?

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Repeating the same beginning sound

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What is idiom?

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A phrase with a meaning different from the words used

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Which sentence is a simile? Options: The leaves danced in the wind., Her smile was sunshine., He ran like a cheetah., The thunder roared loudly.

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He ran like a cheetah.

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Which sentence is a metaphor? The clock ticks like a heartbeat., Life is a roller coaster., She sings as sweetly as a bird., The fire crackled and popped.

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Life is a roller coaster.

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What is a pun?

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A word or phrase with a double meaning meant to be funny