Literary Devices

________ _______ are words or phrases used to create meaning that is not literal.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects is​ (a)  

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

An exaggeration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The use of descriptive and sensory language to create a picture​ is (a)  

• imagery
• repetition
• irony
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A statement or situation that contrasts with what is expected or known is

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Match the following definitions with the correct word.

• Verbal Irony

• The audience or reader knows something that the characters do not

• Situational Irony

• The character or author says something opposite from what they really mean

• Dramatic Irony

• An event occurs that is opposite of what is expected to happen

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A