Literary Devices

• Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• I saw the dappled sunlight through the leaves.

• I enjoyed the sweet, sun ripened fruit.

• I felt such excitement as the wind whooshed past my ear

• the fog was a heavy, wet blanket smothering the city.

• Which sentence below contains a metaphor?

• The airport is a congested beehive.

• Life is like a race.

• Hitch your wagon to a star.

• Step on th gas pedal!

• Mom always worried about money. She worried about money for rent, money for food, and money for clothes. Thoughts about money worried her night and day. The passage uses .

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Which sentence below contains a metaphor?

• The clouds were cotton in the blue sky.

• Although she was tiny, Mariah ran like the wind.

• The wagon was filled with bright orange pumpkins.

• The hoops were covered with multicolored ribbon.

• 
  Using descriptions to engage the five senses of the reader is considered__________.

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Which one these means obvious and intentional exaggeration?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Read the pairs of words.   Which of these are examples of ASSONANCE?  Choose two.

• Lake/Spade

• Bit/Bite

• Blue/Mood

• Trade/Ride

Read the sentences carefully.   Which of these are examples of STRONG ALLITERATION?

• Chuck knew to share his kangaroo toy.

• I dance in a trance when there's ants in my pants!

• Cyclops sent cents to psychologists.

• Only love can break your heart.

Which device is being used in the following sentence? "The old car woke reluctantly from its overnight sleep.  Coughing and sputtering, it finally broke into a loud roar."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

•  

  A _______________ is a reference to a well-known phrase, statement, or action.  For example, if you got an "A" on a test and you bowed your knee, some might say you did a "Tebow."

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Anaphora