Literary Devices

What type of literary device is this?

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A simile has to have the word ______ or ________.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of these are examples of a Simile? (more than one)

• Flat as a pancake

• Dark as night

• Sparkle like diamonds

• Blind as a bat

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"You are my sunshine" is an example of a _________.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of these is an example of Onomatopoeia?

• Loud

• Quiet

• Water

• Smash

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Check all of the sentences with Alliteration.

• Sally sees six snakes slithering.

• Jack jumps over jelly.

• The leaves clung onto the tree for dear life.

• Cora canned carrots for Carol and Christine.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Personification?

• When a sentence has three or more words that begin with the same letter.

• When an inanimate object is given human qualities.

• When two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.

• A sound word.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Onomateopoeia?

• A sound word.

• When two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.

• When an inanimate object is given human qualities.

• When two unlike things are compared without using the words like or as.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Check all the answers that are Personifications.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• The sea tossed and turned.

• The mansion stood tall among the other houses on the street.

• The sky was beautiful, as if someone had painted it and hung it for all to see.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which word Personifies the sentence?

The leaves danced in the wind.

• Leaves

• Wind

• Danced

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.6.5A