The Boy in Striped Pajamas Literary Devices

Front

What does the idiom 'we're all in the same boat' mean?

Back

It means we are all in the same situation and it's a bad one.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

What literary device is used in the phrase 'the only spare tyre I have seen around here recently belongs to Sergeant Hoffshneider, and he carries it around his waist'?

Back

Personification.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What literary device is represented in the phrase 'Everything felt cool as if she was in the middle of nowhere'?

Back

Metaphor.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What literary device is illustrated by the statement 'The dolls had eyes that followed me around'?

Back

Personification.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

What literary device is used in the phrase 'it fell crashing, glug-glug-glugging its contents out'?

Back

Onomatopoeia.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Define 'Personification'.

Back

A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Define 'Metaphor'.

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What is 'Hyperbole'?

Back

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What does 'Simile' mean?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is 'Alliteration'?

Back

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3