Literary devices

When something unexpected happens or is said.

• mood

• motif

• irony

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Description evoking the use of the five senses

• theme

• adjectives

• flashback

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A Comparison Using like or as

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Similie

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Compares to things not using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An exaggerated way of saying something

• hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Theme

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When the reader knows something the Character in the story dose not

• Irony

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When a Character says something but means the opposite

• Alliteration

• Verbal Irony

• Theme

• Direct Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When an inanimate object is given human characteristics

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

When two contradicting words are combined

• Alliteration

• oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

When something happens that is the opposite of what we expect

• Situational Irony

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A