Literary Device

Definition: comparing things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• similar

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Definition: comparing two things NOT using "like" or "as"

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• metamorph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• humanification

• hyperbole

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Definition: an exaggerated statement used to create an emphasis

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• imagery

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Definition: the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• assimilation

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Definition: a word that resembles the sound it represents

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

Definition: a phrase that combines two words that are opposite

• oxymoron

• oxygen

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Definition: Visually descriptive language that appeals to our physical senses

• idiom

• imagery

• imagination

• description

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Definition: an expression that must be learned as a whole

• idiom

• imagery

• oxymoron

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

They fought like cats and dogs.

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D