Literary Devices 1

Front

Every dead one has a name; only the living's names make us falter.

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Walked uphill 15 miles to school, both ways!

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

It’s Raining Men...

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

I love him like a fat kid loves cake.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

He hit me like a wrecking ball...

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

My pen walked away.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

He’s pushing up daisies.

Back

Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Lights on, but no one home.

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

You are my kryptonite.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

I am a deeply superficial person.

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A