Literary Devices

My heart is like a broken mirror that cannot be repaired.

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. For example: the trees danced in the wind.

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The statement "I was standing in line forever" represents...

• personification

• cliche

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Mark is as fast as a cheetah. This is an example of the following:

• simile
• metaphor
• idiom
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Fred ate five French fries on Friday.

• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• cliche

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

POW!
Bang!
Buzzzzzz....

• alliteration
• personification
• Onomatopoeia
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A reference to a well-known person, place, event or work (book, song or movie) that appears in another work

• allegory
• allusion
• analogy
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3