Literary Devices & Irony

What is a similie?

• A comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

• Figure of speech that compares two or more things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a Metaphor?

• Figure of speech that compares two or more things

• Repeated words or phrases for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

What is a hyperbole?

• An excessive over statement or exaggeration

• A word that imitates a sound

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an aliteration?

• Something that represents an idea or quality different from its original meaning

• The repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is personification?

• Figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics

• A comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

• The repetition of sounds, ost often consonant sounds, at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an onomatopoiea?

• A breif reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

• A word that imitates a sound

• An expression, often unique to a particular culture or language, whose meaning is different from the literal meani g of the words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an allusion?

• An excessive over statement or exaggeration

• Something that represents an idea or quality different from its original meaning

• A brief reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an idiom?

• The repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the beginning of words

• An expression, often unique to a particular culture or language, whose meaning is different from the literal meani g of the words

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is symbolism?

• Figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics

• Something that represents an idea or quality different from its original meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is repetition?

• Repeated words or phrases for emphasis

• Figure of speech that compares two or more things

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4