Literary Devices - Figurative Language

Multiple Select

Why are literary devices important?

• They are essential pieces to a story.

• They give the reader details.

• They are not important.

• There would be no story without them.

Match

Match the following figurative languages to their examples.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

His hair is as black as night.

Her room is a pig sty.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

The door groaned as it opened.

Lenny likes lemon-lime soda.

• His hair is as black as night.

• Her room is a pig sty.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

• The door groaned as it opened.

• Lenny likes lemon-lime soda.

Match

Match the following figurative languages to their examples.

• idiom

• irony

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

That test was a piece of cake!

I'm good at math, but I hate math class.

I'm a Grinch during the holidays.

ZAP!

• That test was a piece of cake!

• I'm good at math, but I hate math class.

• I'm a Grinch during the holidays.

• ZAP!

Categorize

Options (12)

I'm as pale as a ghost.

Her shirt is red like fire.

He's as angry as a bear.

Her hair is a rat's nest.

I'm a sloth today.

He's a garbage disposal.

The pen hopped down the stairs.

Our house trembled at the sound of thunder.

Her hair did backflips in the wind.

He ran that race at cheetah speed!

I'm so hungry I could die!

The lump on her head is the size of the moon.

Put each example into the correct category. There are three in each category.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Open Ended

Write your own example of a simile.

Open Ended

Write your own example of a metaphor.

Open Ended

Write your own example of personification.

Open Ended

Write your own example of a hyperbole.

Open Ended

Write your own example of an onomatopoeia.

Open Ended

Write your own example of an alliteration