Literacy Devices Review

The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stresses syllable.

• alliteration
• assonance
• oxymoron
• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics to objects and phenomena.

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two things, often using the words "like" or "as".

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.

• alliteration
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Where the true meaning behind a statement is intentionally quite the opposite of its literal meaning.

• pun
• hyperbole
• irony
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The setting is ... in which the story takes place.

• the time
• the place
• the time and the place
• the climax event

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are these examples of?

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_{Language that appeals to the five senses and uses vivid details to help the reader feel and imagine what's going on.}

• Tone
• Falling action
• Mood
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The story of a real person's life that is written by that person

• Biography

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The story of a real person's life written by another person

• Biography

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D