ELA Literary Devices

She is still and silent

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The seas surged slowly.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The rusty door hinge screamed every time the door opened.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Laughter is the music of the soul.

• metaphor

• simile

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a rollercoaster

• pun

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

She had a photographic memory but never developed it.

• symbolism

• pun

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The islands were growing smaller and smaller

• pun

• alliteraltion

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.

• metaphor

• symbolism

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

We're busy doing nothing.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The books fell on the table with a loud thump.

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A