Literary Devices Identification

Bark, buzz, and squishy are examples of

• Sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Sally sell sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of

• Metonymy

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Life is a roller coaster

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I saw the lovely arch / Of Rainbow span the sky, / The gold sun burning / As the rain swept by.

• Sibilance

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is is called when the author uses description and words to create a mental picture in a reader's mind?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the "mood" of  a poem?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage

• The author's attitude towards the subject

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B