Literary Devices

"The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside

Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I’ve tried"

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It's time to be a big girl now

And big girls don't cry

Don't cry

Don't cry

Don't cry

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away

Beating like a drum and it's coming your way

Can't you hear that

Boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass?

He got that super bass"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

You treat me like a rose

You give me room to grow

You shone the light of love on me

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"

• simile

• metaphor

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I believe I can fly,
I believe I can touch the sky

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My father was the sun and the moon to me.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The curtain danced in the wind.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I was so hungry that I even ate the plate.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A