Literary Devices

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in poetry for emphasis and musicality.

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art that adds meaning.

Back

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Techniques a writer uses to develop a character: actions, reactions from others, or direct authorial revelation.

Back

characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Front

Speech reflecting the pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of a region.

Back

dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Front

Interruption of chronological order to present something that occurred before the story.

Back

flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Language with meaning beyond the literal; includes simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification.

Back

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Comparison of two things without 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Human qualities given to animals, objects, or ideas.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A