Literary Devices - English 10

This figure of speech that compares two things, without using the words as/like.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

Connotation is...

• author's choice of a word

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• comparing using like or as

• a word with the same meaning but spelled differently

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

Imagery is language that creates a picture.

• True
• False

Language that appeals to the senses

• simile
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• imagery

What is a simile ?

• figurative language that compares two like things

• figurative language that compares two unlike things using "as" or "like"

• comparison of people

Which sentence is an example of simile?

• You came in as a lump of clay, a blank canvas, a slab of marble.

• That's my word.

• When it's your turn in the chair, you stand at attention and forget about who you were when you walked through the door.

What two words help you identify simile in a text?

• "as" and "like"

• "because" and "why"

• "cause" and "effect"

Which sentence is an example of simile ?

• Mary is cool.

• Cameron is smart.

• Amir is ice.

• Amir is as cool like ice.