Literary Devices

Is this picture an example of a hyperbole or personification?

• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Is this picture an example of a hyperbole or personification? 

• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

used to compare two things in a sentence by using the words "like" or "as"

• metaphor
• idiom

• simile
• personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

a reference to another person, place, thing, or event -- used to add depth to the text's meaning

• allusion

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a device used to compare two objects without the use of "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• idioms

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a phrase or expression which means something different from what the words actually say

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

As I walked into Hill Country on the first day of eighth grade,

I thought back to when I began here as a sixth grader.

This story starter suggests there will be ...

• foreshadowing

• an allusion

• a flashback

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the use of a word that sounds very much like the actual sound

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• idioms
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words like buzz, hiss, woof, roar are examples of --

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• metaphors

• idioms

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Sandra just met her Prince Charming.

This sentence contains a(n) --

• simile

• oxymoron

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A