Literary Devices Like a Rock

My love is like a red, red rose.

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Personification

The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Formal Diction

“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”

-William Sharp

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Positive tone

An emerald is as green as grass,

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flint lies in the mud.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Informal diction

• Repetition

This quiz is a piece of cake.

• Formal Diction

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What is symbolism?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The way the reader feels when reading a story.

• tone
• theme
• setting
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

An object or thing that represents something bigger than itself

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Symbol

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses

• imagery
• irony
• tone
• theme

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3D