Figurative Language and Literary Devices

Occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would

happen

• Imagery

• Dialect

• Author's Style

• Irony of Situation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words

• Diction

• Tone

• Dialect

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The way a writer uses language to convey a meaning

• Dramatic Irony

• Author's Style

• Imagery

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Occurs when the audience or reader is aware of something the character is not

• Author's Style

• Dramatic Irony

• Imagery

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Why is figurative language more effective than literal language?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Write one sentence using a simile and one sentence using a metaphor.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

His eyes were bright like the moon.

• Simile

• Parallelism

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Her face was radiant and gleamed like the sun. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences or clauses is called....

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• anaphora

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An allusion is...

• Giving human qualities to non-human things.

• A reference to a well-known text, event, or figure

• The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4