Grade 8 Literary Devices (for the Poetry unit)

A word that sounds like the noise it describes

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

An exaggerated statement

• rhyme
• metaphor
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Comparing using like or as

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words

• rhyme
• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• alliteration

A poem in which the ends of the lines have words that sound the same 

• rhyme
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile

A reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two

• alliteration
• allusion
• acrostic
• internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Compares two different things saying the one is the other--does not use like or as to compare

• alliteration
• rhyme
• personification
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The example highlighted below is an example of?
The wind whipped the branches all around,
As the rain fell silently to the ground.

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme (end rhyme)
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The example highlighted below is an example of?
Her ate a million hot dogs at the picnic.

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• assonance
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The example highlighted below is an example of?
The black birddog boldly began to bark.

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4