Literary Devices

Front

The dog is as white as snow.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Egg saw frying, it scrambled. What is it?

Back

Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Dog size of an elephant. What is this?

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Flashback: Interruptions in narratives that insert past events for context.

Back

Are interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events or narrative.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Why do we live to serve? The grey stuff is delicious. Don't believe me, ask the dishes. They can sing and dance. This is an example of?

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What does this represent?

Back

Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Allusion

Back

An expression that indirectly references something without explicit mention.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Foreshadowing:

Back

An advanced sign or warning.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Metaphor: A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a non-literal way to explain an idea or make a comparison.

Back

A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Alliteration: occurrence of the same letter/sound at the start of adjacent words.

Back

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4