Literary Devices

What is imagery produced by?

• Descriptive language

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The literal meaning

• Descriptive language

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The figurative meaning

• Descriptive language

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Two unlike things compared directly, implying several similar qualities.

• Descriptive language

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Two unlike things compared using "like" or "as", implying one similar quality.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or non-human creatures

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Saying more than is true, an over-exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Tools that writers use to enhance their writing (e.g., irony, metaphor, imagery, etc.)

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Literary devices

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) in order to help the readers feel as if they are part of the story.

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Literary devices

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Literary devices

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5