Literary Elements/Devices by definition

a comparison using like or as

• simile

• meatphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a comparison that does not use like or as

• simile

• metphor

• allusion

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the repeating of the initial (first) sound of words in text

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

sound words in text

• allegory

• onomatopoeia

• irony

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

exaggeration

• conflict

• point-of-view

• tone

• 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

a reference to a person, place, thing or idea, of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

• allegory

• imagery

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

when something that is not human acts, talks, thinks, and/or feels in a human way

• personification

• theme

• point-of-view

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the problem that exists in the text

• tone

• paradox

• climax

• conflict

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

the author's use of the five senses (sound, sight, touch, taste, and smell)

• imagery

• point-of-view

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the description of time and place is the

• conflict

• climax

• setting

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C