Literary Devices - Set 1

Front

What is an allusion?

Back

A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Front

What is an extended metaphor?

Back

A type of figurative language where a subject is spoken or written of as though it were something else in an extended form.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

What is a flashback?

Back

A scene within a text that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

What is a theme in literature?

Back

A central message about life that is illustrated in a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

What is a simile?

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

What is personification?

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

What is foreshadowing?

Back

A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

What is imagery?

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D