Literary Devices

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• Giving inhuman things human like qualities

• Comparison of two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

What is alliteration?

• A word in which the sound reflects is meaning.

• Repeating words or phrases to give emphasis to the message.

• It is a literary device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.

What is a metaphor?

• It is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated.

• It is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.

• It is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.

What is repetition?

• It is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close to each other.

• It is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.

• It is defined as a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing.

A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

"Woof, woof" barked my dog as he jumped on the table and fell" is an example of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia