Literary Devices Review

Gives human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• Metaphor

• Personfication

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What literary device do you use when you make a comparison between two things, usually using the words "like" or "as"?

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This literary device makes a direct comparison by stating one thing as another.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a word imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

• Alliteration

• Refrain

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Exaggerated statements, not meant to be taken literally.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Refrain

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

• Refrain

• Dialogue

• Personification

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is the repetition of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A literary device that involves intentionally using the same word or phrase at least twice or more for effect.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This literary device is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the "chorus" of a song.

• Simile

• Rhyme

• Dialogue

• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4