Literary Elements

What literary element is present in the line below:

The picture of the cat was as foggy as Ireland.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Verbal Irony

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When the audience/reader knows something that a character does not.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Fehlbergian Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary element is present in the line below?

I am rock. I am an island!

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What literary device is present in the line below?

Half days are like only getting half a piece of cake. We want the whole thing!

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When words are used to convey something other than the literal meaning.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Fehlbergian Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What literary device is present in the line below?

The sweet students suddenly screamed when they learned they learned they had to leave at 11:50 am.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When non-living things are giving living qualities.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Boom!

• Alliteration

• Verbal Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The fire station burned down.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Fehlbergian Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Hiss!

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5