Literary Devices

"Polly Pocket picked a purple plant" is an example of: 

• alliteration
• contrast
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An extreme exaggeration is called a 

• allusion
• hyperbole
• simile
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which is NOT a form of conflict?

• man vs. man
• man vs. himself
• man vs. supernatural
• all of the above are examples of conflict

A well-painted mental image is called:

• metaphor
• oxymoron
• hyperbole
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The contrast between what is said and what is meant is called

• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true:

• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The contrast between what happens and what is expected

• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A comparison between two objects without using "like" or "as"... 

• simile
• metaphor
• oxymoron
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The feeling the reader takes away with him or her after reading... 

• onomatopoeia
• tone
• theme
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is a simile?

• "She is an angel."
• "jumbo shrimp"
• "She is like an angel."
• "The wind whistled through the trees."

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4