Literary Devices

time and place the story takes place
Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."

• setting
• plot
• imagery
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which of the following is an example of Simile?

• My hand is as cold as snow.

• Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!

• The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

• Hopping hens shop for shoes

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

• My hand is as cold as snow.

• The glasses smiled at me.

• My life is a dream.

• Snow is like the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The TV laughed at the desk

• Calculating computers catch cats.

• Pictures are captured people.

• Crash, bang, boom goes the lion.

All that buzz, buzz, buzz and pop, pop, pop!

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The time or place in which a story takes place is the

• Main Idea

• Solution

• Setting

• Title

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

The problem in a story is the...

• theme

• resolution

• climax

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the Time and Place of the Story?

• Rising Action

• Plot

• Conflict

• Setting

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CCSS.RL.5.3

The first part of the plot diagram is known as the

• rising action

• exposition

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5