Literary Devices and Language Techniques

I’m loud as lion when I’m awake. But when I’m asleep, I'm quiet as a mouse.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

My mom is a honey bear. She is kind and loves to hug me.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“Yo , what’s up man?" he greeted his friend.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Colloquialism

• Cliffhanger

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

I want to play basketball in the bright night light.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Dialogue

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A big bear brought a big bee.

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Anachronism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The caveman family brought home a new microwave.

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Anachronism

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Ken said, "The sunset is incredible."

Joey answered, "I have never seen a better sunset before."

• Dialect

• Dialogue

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

In the middle of the night, I heard the banging of the door. Then I saw my brother sleep walking.

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

We had a hot winter last year.

• Satire

• Allegory

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

All my teachers are busy as a bee.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Word choice

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A