Literary Devices

Front

Stating something is something else

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Giving animals or things human-like traits.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Same sound at the end of words.

Back

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

A phrase that means something different when taken literally.

Back

idioms

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Repetition of initial consonant at least twice in a row.

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

Creating a picture in the reader's mind using adjectives and sensory words.

Back

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Words that imitate sound.

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Words or phrases that mean the opposite of what they say; sarcasm.

Back

irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Front

Extreme exaggeration.

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A