Literary Devices

The best friends had so much in common that they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a simile?

• a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

• a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

• a type of poem in which two things are compared

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I always find myself at a loss for words when the teacher asks me a question. What is the meaning of this idiom?

• to stop or wait

• to apologize or admit you are wrong

• unable to think of something to say

• to make fun of someone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The cooing baby was as cute as a kitten!

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a hyperbole?

• compare two things with the words like or as

• not literal

• compare two things without the words like or as

• an exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is this?

"eyes on me"

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This refers to the repetition of the same sound of a letter at the beginning of a group of words.

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language is this?

"he could eat 5,000 pancakes"

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an idiom?

• compare two things with the words like or as

• non-literal

• compare two things without the words like or as

• an exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B