Literary Devices Review

What is an onomatopoeia?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses

• A comparison using like or as

• A word that is a sound

Answer explanation

Comics use a lot of Onomatopoeia

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggeration

• A word that is a sound

• A word or phrase that appeals to the 5 senses

• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally

Answer explanation

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a metaphor?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A comparison not using like or as
• Words that are sounds
• A comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is imagery?

• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sound repeated
• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as
• A comparison not using like or as
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The morning air smelt fresh, and the air was cool on my skin. This is an example of ...... 

• Personfication

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

Answer explanation

It uses some of the 5 senses to create an image in the reader's mind

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Answer explanation

A ball can not jump on its own. This example makes the ball seem more like a human (able to act like it is alive)

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A