Literary Devices

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is personification

• Giving human qualities to a human

• an extreme exaggeration

• a comparison of two unlike things

• Giving human qualities to a nonliving things

Onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement

• when all the first letters in a sentence are the same

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• The use of a word associated with a sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...

• A hyperbole/personification
• A metaphor/personification
• A simile/metaphor
• Personification/Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Peter pranced playfully around the playground" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

"Her long hair is an ocean of waves" is an example of...

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D