Literary Devices 101

What is personification?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is alliteration?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is symbolism?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The following is an example of what type of literary device: a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground.  

• Verbal Irony
• Simile
• Imagery
• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the literary definition of symbolism?

• Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison
• People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves
• Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else
• Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Referring to something that is not human as if it were human

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Irony

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Compares to things using like or as

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"She is like a butterfly" is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Assonance
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"Her mind is a steel trap" is an example of

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5