Literary Devices

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A direct comparison of two unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Sound words

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.

• alliteration

• simile

• allusion

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Two rhyming lines

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• couplet

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• allusion

• alliteration

• symbol

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Something that stands for something beyond itself.

• allusion

• alliteration

• symbol

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses.

• simile

• imagery

• symbol

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5