Literary Devices (8th grade)

An animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities.

• simile

• imagery

• symbolism

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Expresses a writer’s attitude (or thoughts and feelings) toward his or her subject

• metaphor

• tone

• mood

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Directly compares two seemingly unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• tone

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Use of exaggeration

• personification

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A reference to a person, place, thing, or idea

• allusion

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The general feeling or atmosphere a piece of writing created

• tone

• allusion

• mood

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality

• allusion

• irony

• personification

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A