Literary Devices and Figurative Language

What is a play on words called?

• pun

• allusion

• conflict

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"Friends are sometimes as valuable as family" is an example of a

• setting

• point of view

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

During The Voyage of the Frog, David talked about how he didn't look at the weather forecast before he sailed out. This is an example of 

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• point of view

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"I can't wait until summer!!!" uses which tone?

• dread

• sad

• excitement

• sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Mentioning the Beatles, Mustangs, and Corvairs in The Outsiders are examples of

• puns

• foreshadowing

• allusions

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"I really wanted a camouflage shirt, but I couldn't find one" is an example of a/an

• pun

• allusion

• verbal irony

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the perspective of the narrator called?

• conflict

• characterization

• point of view

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the mood of this statement? "Summer is just around the corner!!!"

• ecstatic

• fear

• anger

• annoyance

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

____________the practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic

meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The formation or the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the

objects or actions they refer to.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5