Literary Devices and Figurative Language

What is an onomatopoeia?

• The use of words to imitate sound.

• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."

• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.

• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an idiom?

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is the following an example of... "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog..." 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the following an example of... "I like that boom boom pow..."

• imagery

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• 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 following an example of... "My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around..." 

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What are hints, clues, or warnings about something that will happen later in the story called?

• flashback

• setting

• allusion

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events?

• suspense

• tone

• mood

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is it called when you say the opposite of what you really mean?

• pun

• allusion

• verbal irony

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the attitude of the writer called?

• tone

• mood

• conflict

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What are the feelings of the reader called?

• point of view

• characterization

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B