Literary Devices Review

"Her mind is a steel trap" is an example of

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket."
This passage is a good example of an author's use of ....

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air."
This passage is a good example of ...

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Brian was a wall, quickly returning every tennis ball back at his opponent over the net."
This is an example of ...

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I've told you a million times to write your name on the paper as soon as you get it. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven. 

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.

• Imagery
• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

"The firehouse burned down" is an example of ..

• Structure

• Tragedy

• Irony

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Using a snake to represent evil or a dove to represent peace are examples of ..

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

The feeling or atmosphere the author creates with his writing is referred to as?

• Foreshadowing

• Climax

• Mood

• Plot