Literary Devices

Words spelled the way they sound

• Onomatoepoia

• Onamatapia

• Onomatopoeia

• Onamotopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

Comparing two things using like or as

Ex. "You're like a kid Enola."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

A direct representation or a comparison where one thing is another.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses.

• hyperbole

• allusion

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

"A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green." What literary device is used?

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A device that gives human attributes to animals and objects.

• consonance

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

"The afternoon sun sliced through the cracks of barn walls." What literary device is used?

• consonance

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What poetic device is used in this picture?

• consonance

• assonance

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"I told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" is an example of _______

• Hyperbowl

• Hyperbole

• Hyperbully

• Hiperbolie

A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.

• Imagerie

• Imagination

• Imagery

• Imagination

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4