Literary Devices & Short Stories

What genre is our short story "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Romance

• Science-Fiction

• Historical-Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Which is an example of personification?

• The black bear ran towards me.

• I heard my bed calling my name all day long.

• The blue bird by my window made a noise.

• I yelled at my alarm clock to stop.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which is an example of a simile?

• The dog is my friend.

• My dreams remind me of the movies I like to watch.

• The boy behaved like a Grinch on Christmas.

• Her hair was a warm soft blanket covering her ears.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of alliteration?

• It's a new dawn. Its a new day. It's also Friday.

• Yesterday Aunt May came home to bake her cake.

• Tomatoes and potatoes are gross.

• Fatima tried to teach her aunt how to post a Tik Tok.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• The students walked around the school.

• The students walked around the school like zombies.

• The students were zombies walking around the school.

• The students were like zombies walking around the school.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• Laughter is the best medicine.

• The book is meant to be funny.

• The children's laughter makes me smile.

• I laughed when I read the funny book.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device is used in this sentence,

"In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected for its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast..."

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Repetition

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device is used in this sentence,

"Eight-one, tick-tock, eight-one o'clock, off to school, off to work, run, run, eight-one!"

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Repetition

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary device is used in this sentence,

"There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground; And swallows circling with their shimmering sound..."

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Personification

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which literary device is used below,

"The wind blew. A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window. Cleaning solvent, bottled, shattered over the stove. The room was ablaze in an instant!"

• Assonance

• Imagery

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4