Literary Devices

A word combination that has a different meaning that the literal meanings of each word.

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This appeals to the readers senses.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to.

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A technique that repeats the first sound in several words.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

States a comparison without using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Compares one thing to another thing of a different kind, using like or as.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D