Literary Devices Review 6th Grade

What is repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words?

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile
• analogy

What is comparing sets of items based on their relationships?

• mood
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• analogy

What is extreme exaggeration?

• simile
• hyperbole
• tone
• onomatopoeia

What is phrase that means something different than what the words actually say?

• idiom
• tone
• imagery
• rhythm

What is using details that appeal to the five senses to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind?

• personification
• mood
• imagery
• analogy

What is comparing two unlike things by saying one thing is the other?

• metaphor
• simile
• analogy
• tone

What is the way a reader feels when reading a piece of writing?

• personification
• mood
• onomatopoeia
• tone

What is words that resemble the sounds they represent?

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

What is giving human-like characteristics to characters or objects that are not human?

• imagery
• mood
• personification
• rhythm

What is a strong, regular, repeated pattern or flow of sound in text?

• onomatopoeia
• rhythm
• alliteration
• personification