Literary Devices Pre-Test

giving human qualities to a non-human thing

• personification

• hyperbole

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

an object that represents something else

• metaphor

• symbolism

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

something overstated and exaggerated

• allusion

• irony

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a reference to another piece of literature or historical event

• imagery

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

spoken lines by characters in a story

• conflict

• dialogue

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

comparing two unlike things

• metaphor

• symbolism

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

revealing a reality that is different from what appears to be true

• symbolism

• allusion

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

words that create a picture with words for a reader

• imagery

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

• conflict

• symbolism

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

a struggle between two opposing forces

• conflict

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D