Literary Devices

Alliteration is...

• Comparing one thing as another

• Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word

• Exaggeration to prove a point

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Colloquialism is...

• Highly descriptive language

• Using casual and informal language

• Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

Dialogue is...

• Overall mood and message

• Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

• Conversation between two or more people

A flashback is...

• Previous events split up the present happenings

• Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

• When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story

• The same thing again

Foreshadowing is...

• Words that sound like the word their meaning

• The mode of narration

• Using casual and informal language

• When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story

Hyperbole...

• Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• Exaggeration to prove a point

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

• Highly descriptive language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Imagery is...

• Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Overall mood and message

• Highly descriptive language

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Irony is...

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

• The mode of narration

• Previous events split up the present happenings

• Using casual and informal language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Juxtaposition is...

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word

• Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Comparing two things saying one is another

• Comparison of two things that are not alike

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A Metaphor is...

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

• When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story

• Using casual and informal language

• Comparing two things saying one is another

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4