Literary Devices

A comparison of two seemingly unlike

things using the word "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two seemingly unlike

things WITHOUT using words "like" or "as"

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities, traits, or

characteristics to nonhuman things

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds in a string of words

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that imitate sounds

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An extreme exaggeration or overstatement

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Repeated words, phrases, or actions

• repetition

• alliteration

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Clues or hints the author gives that lead the reader to what might happen next

• repetition

• imagery

• anthropomorphism

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Using the five senses to create a vivid picture in

the mind of the reader

• imagery

• anthropomorphism

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An animal or object behaving as if it were human

• anthropomorphism

• foreshadowing

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5