Outsiders Literary Devices #1

an extreme exaggeration that could not possibly happen

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• imagery
• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• simile
• irony
• metaphor
• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• personification
• imagery
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

when a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics

• personification
• suspense
• symbolism
• irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the use of vivid words that form mental pictures and appeal to the five senses

• foreshadowing
• irony
• imagery
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

when events occur that are the opposite of what we expect to happen

• irony
• suspense
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

feeling excited or anxious about what may happen next

• imagery
• personification
• irony
• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

when the author uses an object or image to represent a larger idea or feeling

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• symbolism
• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the author's use of clues to hint what might happen later in the story

• metaphor
• foreshadowing
• irony
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

I had heard the same tone a million times.

• irony
• hyperbole
• suspense
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5