Literary Devices

Front

Device comparing two things 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

Device that compares 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

Device giving human traits to objects, animals, or ideas:

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Device using exaggeration for dramatic effect:

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Identify the literary device: "The light danced across the water."

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Identify the literary device: "My students are shining stars!"

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Device appealing to senses:

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Device indicating the writer's attitude towards the reader and subject:

Back

Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Front

Central idea of a literary work:

Back

Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

Identify the literary device: "Her perfume smelled like a garden of fresh roses in spring."

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5