Literary Devices

A comparison between 2 unlike objects NOT using "like" or "as."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The use of exaggeration for effect.

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Words that START with the same sound and are used repeatedly in a sentence.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.2C

A comparison between 2 unlike objects USING "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in writing.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• literary device

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• literary device

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

He's as strong as an ox.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CRASH! went the cymbals during the song.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The elephant is a large grey mountain.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Some students sing silly songs on Saturday.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4