Speak Literary Devices 3: Onomatopoeia & Personification

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP, is a ....

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.

• zoomed
• car
• wow
• finish 

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What literary device is in this sentence: I fall over like a limp dishrag.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream
• The room
• The orange

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is personification?

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

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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

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What is being personified?

• The chocolate chips
• The cookie
• Anthony
• Guilt

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?

• High Heels
• The store
• Adele

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of Literary Device is in this sentence?

The boy splashed his friends with water.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5