Literary Devices Intro

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously

• A hint at something that will happen later

• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day. "Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! Now get along!"

Which sentence is an example of foreshadowing?

• Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!

• Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother.

• Now get along!

• Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day

A simile COMPARES 2 things using the words ____ or _____.

• and, or

• like, as

• and, like

Complete the Simile:

As big as ______

• an ant

• a giraffe

• a bottle

• an elephant

What is a metaphor?

• ^{A metaphor COMPARES 2 things without using the words "like" or "is".}

• when you say a hint to someone

• when you compare with someone saying like

• I don´t know

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The walrus and the penguin were at the zoo.

• She is a peacock because she loves the attention.

• The singer's voice was like a fresh spring day.

• The old woman was as wise as an owl.