Literary Devices

Express ideas through language

• literary device

• literal language

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

words whose meaning is exactly as stated

• literal language

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

words whose meaning is NOT exactly as stated

• literal language

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• 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 often used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

giving human traits to non-living objects

• analogy

• personification

• imagery

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a figure of speech in which a person, object, or situation represents something in addition to its literal meaning

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a direct comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• personification

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a direct comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"

• alliteration

• simile

• flashback

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

when words sound like the noises they make

• onomatopoeia

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4