Literary Devices

Literary Devices

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English

8th Grade

Hard

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Raymona Raymond

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1.

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Front

Simile

Back

Comparison of two things using like or as

2.

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Front

Metaphor

Back

A comparison WITHOUT using like or as

3.

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Front

Hyperbole

Back

An exaggeration

4.

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Front

Personification

Back

Giving a non-living thing human characteristics

5.

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Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

The spelling out of sounds

6.

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Front

Assonance

Back

Repetition of vowel(aeiouy) sounds

7.

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Front

Alliteration

Back

Repetition of beginning sounds