Literary Devices and Figurative Language

Foreshadowing and flashback are not examples of literary devices

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What is a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."

• Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.

• Words that imitate sounds.

• A comparison of two unlike subjects WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

• A comparison of two unlike subjects WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as."

• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language. 

What is personification?

• The use of words to imitate sounds.

• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language. 

• Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.

What is a hyperbole?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

• The use of words to imitate sound.

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

• Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.

• The use of words to imitate sound.

What is the following an example of... "Make me your radio, turn me up when you feel low..."

• personification

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

What is the following an example of... "Yeah I heard it through the grape vine..."

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

What is the following an example of... "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town." 

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

What is the following an example of... "The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky... are also on the faces of the people passing by. I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do. They're really saying I love you." 

• imagery
• idiom
• metaphor
• personification