Literary Devices

Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?

• Irony
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as" is calles what?

• metaphor
• simile
• allegory
• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is referred to as a?

• metaphor
• flashback
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Hints or clues used by the author to tell what will happen later in the book is a device known as:

• flashback
• simile
• mood
• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following is an example of Simile?

• My hand is as cold as snow.

• Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!

• The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

• Hopping hens shop for shoes

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

• My hand is as cold as snow.

• The glasses smiled at me.

• My life is a dream.

• Snow is like the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This refers to the writer’s use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

• Description

• Imagery

• Senses

• Symbols

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is repetition?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words or phrases that repeat

• Words that sound the same

• The repetition of consonant sounds inside of words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

True or False? Yang uses a great deal of imagery in her memoir, "The Latehomecomer."

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5