Literary Devices - Set 1

Front

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds called?

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is a struggle between opposing forces in a story?

Back

Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

What type of figurative language uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike ideas?

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the central message about life illustrated in a literary work?

Back

Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to nonhuman subjects?

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

Back

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

What is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the emotional atmosphere of a literary work?

Back

Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What is the author's attitude toward the subject or audience?

Back

Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B