Literary Terms

Identify the literary device used:

She was a rose in the garden.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Identify the literary device used:

BANG!

• personification

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Identify the literary device used:

The story takes place in 1930's England

• imagery

• symbolism

• setting

Identify the literary device used:

The trees danced in the breeze

• imagery

• personification

• setting

Identify the literary device used:

We can assume she is a sly character based off of how she reacted to his comment.

• characterization

• setting

• plot

Identify the literary device used:

The fire house burned down

• setting

• irony

• metaphor

Identify the literary device used:

The author focuses on a tea kettle three chapters before it is used in a crime.

• metaphor

• symbol

• foreshadowing

Identify the literary device used:

A heart represents love

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• simile

Identify the literary device used:

The moral of the story is that sometimes bad people win.

• concept

• theme

• both

Identify the literary device used:

The story talks about innocence

• theme

• concept

• both