9/7 Literary Devices

Makes a comparison between two unlike things, implying that they are similar

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

This is an example of what kind of literary device:

"Whoa! Hold your horses."

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Imagery

This is an example of what kind of literary device:

"The roaring thunder tore across the sky and made my ears ring."

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Metaphor

This is an example of what kind of literary device:

"This house is clean as a whistle."

• Rhyme

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Metaphor

A phrase that means something completely different than the literal meaning of the words

• Simile

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Personification

Makes a comparison between two unlike things, implying they are identical

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Repetition

This is an example of what kind of literary device:

"This is the worst day in the history of the world."

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Simile

This is an example of what kind of literary device:

"Time is money."

• Simile

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

Descriptive language that makes us sense something or picture something vividly

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Imagery

This is an example of what kind of literary device:

"The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification