8th Grade Literary Devices

Determine if the following is verbal or situational irony. Saying one thing but really meaning another thing

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Determine if the following is verbal or situational irony. When the opposite of what is expected happens

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Determine if the following is verbal or situational irony. “I can resist everything except temptation” Lady Windermere’s Fan Oscar Wilde

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

Determine if the following is verbal or situational irony. A firestation catching on fire

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Choose one literary device for the following phrases. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose one literary device for the following phrases. Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Choose one literary device for the following phrases. 

My love is like a red, red rose.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Choose one literary device for the following phrases. 

A whiff of the coffee aroma filled our noses.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5