Literary Devices

Uses human traits to describe non-human things.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"

• Symbolism

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

Words like "zip," "boom," "pow," and "hiss" are examples of

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

Jinu, Jo, and Jerry and juggled jars of jello and jam, in the jungle.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

• Simile

His tears were a river flowing down his face.

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

In the sentence, "His tears were a river flowing down his face," what two things are being compared?

• His and tears

• a river and his face

• flowing and face

• tears and a river

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A ladder may stand as a symbol for a connection between heaven and earth.

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A dove might represent love, and a raven might represent death.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

The leaves danced together in the field.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The ocean waves swallowed up the pirate ship.

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4