Identify the Literary Device

Match the following sentences with the correct literary devices.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• Simile

• Time is a thief.

• Metaphor

• The sun blazed like a furnace.

• Onomatopoeia

• The bees buzzed in the garden.

• Personification

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Match the following sentences with the literary devices used.

• The sun was like a golden ball in the sky.

• A) Simile

• The clouds drifted lazily across the sky.

• B) Metaphor

• The bees buzzed angrily around the hive.

• D) Onomatopoeia

• Time is a thief that steals our moments.

• C) Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The room was a freezer without the heater on. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

She was as sly as a fox. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The thunder clapped in the distance. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The curtains swayed with the gentle breeze. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The engine roared to life when he turned the key. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The children were as loud as a pack of wolves. The literary device used in this sentence is (a)   .

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The waves whispered secrets to the shore. What literary device is used in this sentence?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Match the following literary devices with their examples.

• The bees buzzed in the garden.

• C) Personification

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• D) Onomatopoeia

• As brave as a lion.

• B) Metaphor

• His hands were ice after playing in the snow.

• A) Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4