Figurative Language and Literary Devices

This is a literary device that involves intentionally using the same word or phrase at least twice or more for effect.

• Analogy

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This is the set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning.

• Mood

• Tone

• Connotation

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth is a:

• Paradox

• Pun

• Symbol

• Oxymoron

This is visually descriptive language using the 5 senses.

• Analogy

• Imagery

• Symbol

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This is anything that stands for or represents something else.

• Suspense

• Mood

• Symbol

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This is the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.

• Mood

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What literary device is the following?

Icy hot

• Oxymoron

• Anaphora

• Pun

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

The following is the definition of which word?

A comparison without using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the following an example of?

When life gets hard, I just remember to keep on swimming. (Think "Finding Nemo")

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What literary device is the following an example of? “Every breath you take, Every move you make, Every bond you break, Every step you take I’ll be watching you” -The Police

• Anaphora

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4