Literary Devices

The sun is a blazing furnace. What literary device is this?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

In the movie Cars, the Cars have human characteristics. What device is this?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Personificaiton

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

While reading a novel, you come across a sentence where the author subtly refers to the 'Titanic disaster' without explicitly mentioning it. This technique used by the author is a brief and indirect reference to a historical event. The author only refers to the concept and the reader is expected to know it or research it.

• Epiphany

• Narrator

• Euphemism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Imagine you are writing a children's book. You want to describe the sound of rain falling on a tin roof. Which literary device would you use to mimic this sound?

• Onomatopoeia

• Parallelism

• Connotation

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The moonlight danced on the water is an example of...

• Diction

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Personificaiton

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Represents objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• Irony

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Author's attitude towards the subject

• Tone

• Mood

• Attitude

• Feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Splash! Slam!

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A