Literary Devices

What is a similie

• A comparison that doesn't use like or as

• An exaggeration of what you really mean

• A comparison using like or as

• use of figurative language to create visual representations of actions, objects and ideas in our mind

What is a hyperbole

• giving a thing, an idea or an animal human qualities

• time and place in which a story takes place.

• a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events

• An exaggeration of what you really mean

Which is an example of personification?

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• She was as pretty as a princess

• Better butter always makes the batter better.

• The flowers are dancing beside the lake.

which is an example of imagery?

• The room was dark and gloomy

• she danced like a swan

• the tree branches fought with the wind

• The assignment was a breeze

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry

• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry

• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry

• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

Oxymorons are contradictory phrases. True or False?

• True

• False

Define foreshadowing

• A flashback of what happened previously

• A hint at something that will happen later

• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

What is the foreshadow in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps,and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• They were about to eat breakfast.

• That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake

When the opposite of what you expect to happens occurs

• Personification

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

What does it mean when you tell someone to break a leg?

• Good luck!

• Watch your step!

• Don't touch me!

• I hope you hurt yourself!