Literary Devices

The author's overall message to the reader

• Theme

• Analogy

• Irony

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A comparison between two things to better understand a concept

• Generalization

• Tone

• Analogy

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repeating words, sounds, or ideas

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Dialogue

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of long and short patterns in speech

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Dialogue

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The use of words or a situation that is opposite that what we expect to happen

• Irony

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When you say one thing, but mean the opposite

• Generalization

• Dialect

• Tone

• Sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"Two, glue, blew, zoo," is an example of...

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Tone

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Form of language that is specific to an area or region

• Mood

• Tone

• Sarcasm

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

When the author presents an event from the past out of sequence

• Analogy

• Flashback

• Analogy

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

It helps the readers predict future events

• Analogy

• Irony

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5