Literary Devices

Metaphor is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Irony is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Imagery is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Juxtaposition is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Paradox is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Symbolism is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Allusion is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• A direct comparison from an object in a text to a real world object

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Hyperbole is

• a metaphorical exaggeration used for emphasis for dramatic effect

• A direct comparison from an object in a text to a real world object

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A