Literary Devices

Which literary device references something else?

• simile

• foreshadowing

• epiphany

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which literary device uses like or as to compare to unlike things?

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which literary device states one thing that is another thing?

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which literary device showcases the difference between how things seem to be and the reality?

• personfication

• imagery

• irony

• epiphany

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which literary device gives human attributes or feelings to inanimate objects?

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which literary device uses symbols to signify ideas and qualities that are different than their literal sense?

• allusion

• imagery

• symbolism

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device uses descriptive language to create a picture in the reader's mind?

• allusion

• foreshadowing

• epiphany

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device is used to give hints to the reader of what is to come?

• foreshadowing

• allusion

• simile

• epiphany

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which literary device is a sudden realization that provides clarity to a problem or situation?

• personification

• irony

• imagery

• epiphany

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Are you sure you didn't eat the last cookie? Your nose is growing like Pinocchio.

• imagery

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4