Literary Devices

"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of ​ (a)  

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"The classroom was a zoo." is an example of a ​ (a)  

• metaphor
• idiom
• simile
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The stars danced in the night sky" is an example of ​ (a)  

• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Write 1 onomatopoeia (sound word)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Is it a simile or a metaphor?

Groups:

(a) Simile

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(b) Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Alliteration is when two things are compared using 'like' or 'as.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the meaning of the idiom "piece of cake"?

• very easy to do

• dessert made with frosting

• difficult challenge

• very surprising

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Match the following

• I froze into an ice-cube.

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• The bacon sizzled in the pan.

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• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

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• It's raining cats and dogs.

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CCSS.L.1.1A

CCSS.L.K.1A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

What sound is alliterated in this sentence:

The wild winds whipped through the willows.