Literary Devices

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of Simile?

• My hand is as cold as snow.

• Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!

• The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

• Hopping hens shop for shoes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

• My hand is as cold as snow.

• The glasses smiled at me.

• My life is a dream.

• Snow is like the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The TV laughed at the desk

• Calculating computers catch cats.

• Pictures are captured people.

• Crash, bang, boom goes the lion.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"My dad will kill me when he comes home."

What literary device was used in the sentence?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

"The moon played hide and seek with the clouds."

What literary device was used in the sentence?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"Her head is in the clouds."

What does it mean?

• She is not paying attention.

• She is flying.

• She is floating in the clouds.

This figure of speech that compares two things, using the words as/like.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

This figure of speech that compares two things, without using the words as/like.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

This figure of speech that starts with the same alphabet/sound.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration