Literary Devices

The repetition of initial consonant sounds used especially in poetry to emphasize and link words as well as to create pleasing, musical sound

• characterization

• dialect

• alliteration

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art to enrich the reading experience by adding meaning.

• allusion

• flashback

• figurative language

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character by what:

*he/she does

*other characters say about him/her, or how they react

*the author reveals directly or through a narrator

• satire

• irony

• figurative language

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.3B

Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar typical of a geographical region.

• alliteration

• allusion

• dialect

• humor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1E

Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story

• flashback

• point of view

• foreshadowing

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning; also known as "figures of speech"

Examples: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification

• point of view

• figurative language

• satire

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as'

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4