Literary Devices Study Guide (Level II)

a comparison using "like" or "as" (basically a weaker version of a metaphor)

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a direct comparison of one thing to another

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Juxtaposition

• Parallel Structure

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

an exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

giving human-like qualities to something nonhuman

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Allusion

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

repetition of single-letter sounds (creates a beat or rhythm and makes the words sound musical)

• Alliteration

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a reference to something outside of the text that the reader is assumed to already know, such as something from History or Mythology

• Alltieration

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

literal and grammatical patterns in language

• Parallel Structure

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a statement that may initially seem untrue or contradictory but which, upon closer inspection, is true in a certain context or at a deeper level

• Imagery

• Simile

• Juxtaposition

• Paradox

sensory details used to create a picture with words

• Imagery

• Pun

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a play on words

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A