Literary Elements and Techniques

Referring to something that is not human as if it were human

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Irony

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the opposite of what you expect to happens occurs

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Irony

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Compares to things using like or as

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An object or thing that represents something bigger than itself

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Symbol

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the best definition of metaphor?

• successive words beginning with the same sound

• when the opposite happens than what you expect

• making a non-person into a person

• comparing two unlike things

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Her heart was as dark as the night is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences is the best example of personification?

• She was as shy as a chipmunk.

• Sarah is a delicate flower.

• The police station was robbed.

• The grass danced in the breeze.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which sentence is the best example of dialect?

• The student sat as still as a statue.

• Katherine is a bear in the morning.

• The wind whispered in the trees.

• Howdy partner! Why don't you sit for a spell?

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A whiff of the coffee aroma filled our noses. This is a good example of what literary device?

• Irony

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does it mean when you tell someone to break a leg?

• Good luck!

• I hope you hurt yourself!

• Watch your step!

• Don't touch me!

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4