Literary Devices

Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?

• Irony
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as" is calles what?

• metaphor
• simile
• allegory
• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The formation of a word or sound associated with what is named is called what?

• simile
• irony
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is referred to as a?

• metaphor
• flashback
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A scene in a movie or novel set in a time earlier than the main story is what?

• flashback
• imagery
• alliteration
• onomatpoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A group of words who contain the same sound , at the beginning of the word,are called what?

• onomatopoeia
• anagram
• allegory
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Words such as "crack","splat", and "buzz" are examples of what?

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Hints or clues used by the author to tell what will happen later in the book is a device known as:

• flashback
• simile
• mood
• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a hyperbole?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in teh same phrase.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The use of words that imitate sounds.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole
• Understatement
• Verbal irony
• Dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A