Figurative Language: Literary Devices

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words “like” or “as” and they are commonly used in everyday communication.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device is used in this example?

The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Hyperbole
• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A statement that compares two things that are not alike without using "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Paradox

• Allegory

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device is used in this example?

The warrior has a heart of stone.

• Alliteration

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

• Allegory

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary device is used in this example?

I have told you a million times to wash the dishes.

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects.

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Allegory

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which literary device is used in this example?

The car brakes screamed all through the journey.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• 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 is used in this example?

The fireplace heater hissed and cracked.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5