Literary Devices

1.    You are as brave as a lion.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.    The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted from the kitchen to the living room.

• Smell Imagery

• Touch Imagery

• Sight Imagery

• Sound Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.    The car needs a cold shower.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.    “He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling.”

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Sound Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.    The shepherd shook his head in negation.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.    The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.

• Smell Imagery

• Touch Imagery

• Sight Imagery

• Sound Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

7..    “Hey! I’m walking here! I’m walking here!” (Midnight Cowboy)

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

8.     Hickory Dickory Dock; the mouse ran up the clock.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

9.    red rose–symbolizes love and romance

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

10.    The tree’s leaves tasted bitter, like unroasted coffee beans.

• Taste Imagery

• Touch Imagery

• Sight Imagery

• Sound Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5