Literary Devices

Which literary device compares two things using “like” or “as”?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device makes a comparison by calling a person or object by the name of a different object?

• inference

• dramatic irony

• symbolism

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device uses a repeated sound?

• alliteration

• allusion

• repetition

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device uses the same word or phrase multiple times?

• Situational Irony

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which type of irony happens when a character says words that he does not mean?

• Dramatic

• Verbal

• Situational

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which literary device uses words, people, landmarks, or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?

• Irony
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The formation of a word or sound associated with what is named is called what?

• simile
• irony
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is referred to as a?

• metaphor
• flashback
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A scene in a movie or novel set in a time earlier than the main story is what?

• flashback
• imagery
• alliteration
• onomatpoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5