Linguistic Devices

"The white dove represents peace, whilst the raven represents death" is an example of which linguistic device?

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.1.1

Which linguistic device can be used to give prose and poetry rhythm and pace?

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

• Alliteration

• Personification

"Pop", "BANG!", "Whizzing" and "smash" are examples of what?

• Metaphors

• Onomatopoeias

• Symbols

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.1.5B

Which of the following are examples of a metaphor? Select all relevant answers.

• The white blanket of snow

• He is a shining star

• Her hair was a golden river

• The lake shone like a mirror

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CCSS.RL.1.4

Which linguistic device uses human traits to describe non-human things, such as "the ocean flung its arms wide and swallowed the ship".

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CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.2

What is foreshadowing?

• Creating a powerful image through associating on thing with something else.

• Highly descriptive language which appeals to the reader's senses.

• Sets the tone of a text through the reader's association with different symbols.

• Hints of events yet to come in a story.

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CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.2

Which of the following relates to a simile? Select all relevant answers.

• Compares two things by saying that one of them is the other.

• Compares two things by using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• Helps build an image through associating something with something else that's similar.

• Using symbols to represent abstract concepts and ideas.

"The wind howled through the night, piercing the darkness with its shrill cries."

What is being personified in the above example?

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CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.1.4

"Her fragile figure glowed in the sun like a halo."

Select ALL the linguistic devices used in the above sentence.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Simile

Why would a writer use imagery?

• To keep readers hungry for more.

• To give a text rhythm and pace.

• To paint a vivid picture of the scene they're describing.

• To emphasise a point using figurative language.

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CCSS.RL.1.4