Literary Devices

Words spelled the way they sound

• Onomatoepoia

• Onamatapia

• Onomatopoeia

• Onamotopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Comparing two things using like or as

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

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses.

• hyperbole

• allusion

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"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.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A device that gives human attributes to animals and objects.

• consonance

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

• consonance

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What poetic device is used in this picture?

• consonance

• assonance

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Hyperbowl

• Hyperbole

• Hyperbully

• Hiperbolie

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• Imagerie

• Imagination

• Imagery

• Imagination

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5