Literary Devices

What is the literary definition of a figure of speech?

• An inanimate object being portrayed as if it has human qualities
• Comparing two unlike things using a word  of comparison
• Expressions that are not literally true but suggest similarities  between usually unrelated things
• When reality contradicts what we expect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The following is an example of what type of literary device: a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground.  

• Verbal Irony
• Simile
• Imagery
• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Choose the correct term for the following definition: occurs when we know something that a character in a story doesn't know. 

• Dramatic Irony
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the literary definition of a simile?

• Compare two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison
• Speaking of an inanimate object as if it had human qualities 
• Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else
• Compare two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of what type of literary device: Heather is a beautiful snowflake.  

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose the correct term for the following definition: A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people. 

• Imagery
• Verbal Irony
• Dialect
• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the literary definition of symbolism?

• Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison
• People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves
• Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else
• Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The following is an example of what type of literary device: the train eats up the miles.

• Symbolism
• Dialect
• Dramatic Irony
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Choose the correct term for the following definition: occurs when we say one thing and mean something else.

• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the literary definition of a imagery?

• A way of speaking that's characteristic of a particular place or group of people
• Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses
• Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison
• Comparing two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4