150 Literary Devices Set #1

Her eyes sparkle like diamonds.

• Simile
• Oxymoron

• Metaphor
• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Emotional or Cultural Associations for a Word

(Blue = Sad)

• Denotation

• Style

• Diction

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

According to Merriam-Webster, blue means "of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky"

• Voice

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Life is a journey.

• Inference

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The food is hot; therefore, if I'm not careful, I'll burn my mouth.

• Oxymoron

• Inference

• Metaphor

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choosing to use "excellent" instead of "good."

• Diction

• Voice

• Style

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"I write in First." "No, you write in Second."

• Oxymoron

• Connotation

• Syntax

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"The fog hung over the town, blanketing it in a haze impossible to see through. The houses everyone on Maple Road knew to be across from their own were blobs of muted yellow or cream in the distance."

vs. "The fog made seeing even the houses across the street difficult to make out."

• Syntax

• Voice

• Style

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Saying "The White House" in English but "The House White/La Casa Blanca" in Spanish

• Voice

• Connotation

• Style

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Choosing to have a young child as a narrator vs. a teenager vs. a young adult vs. an older adult OR How the author comes through in their writing

• Voice

• Syntax

• Style

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B