Literary Devices

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Example of a metaphor:

Back

The snow was a white blanket on the normally green grass.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Example of imagery:

Back

The ball was a deep red, like that of a fire truck, glistening in the bright sun.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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Example of a simile:

Back

Her hair shined like the sun.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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NOT an example of irony:

Back

An old man has a heart attack.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Example of alliteration:

Back

The purple pants were perfect on the professor.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Example of allusion:

Back

He was acting like Hitler, I was nervous we were about to have a 3rd World War.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Example of repetition:

Back

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

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Example of personification:

Back

The wind howled in the dark night sky.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Foreshadowing: clues about future events. Flashback: author describes past events.

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Foreshadowing - clues about future events / Flashback - author describes past events.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Complete this sentence to make it ironic: The shoemaker's children have no ___

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shoes

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CCSS.L.8.5A