Literary Devices

Front

A reference in text to another work or historical event providing context.

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.

Back

Aphorism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Example of personification:

Back

The wind howled in the dark night sky.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

This is an example of

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Fall Fridays feel fantastic.

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Example of repetition:

Back

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Mood: Overall feeling intended for the audience/reader.

Back

Overall feeling intended for the audience/reader.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Front

"She has cried a million times."

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A