Grade 7 Literary Devices

This Literary Device exaggerates for an effect.

This Literary Device refers to the author's attitude toward the subject of the text

This Literary Device asks a question where the answer is already known or implied.

This Literary Device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

This Literary Device gives human traits to inanimate objects.

This Literary Device actual meaning differs from the literal meaning.

This Literary Device draws attention to words through repetition of their initial sound.

This Literary Device refers to the weather emulating the character's emotions

This Literary Device has the narrator make no self-references at all

This Literary Device uses an object or action that represents something other than what it is.

This Literary Device compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as".

This Literary Device is a reference to something the reader will recognize

This Literary Device has the narrator use personal pronouns such as "I"

This Literary Device places opposite words beside each other so they create a new meaning.

This Literary Device imitates sounds that correspond to its meaning

This Literary Device appeals to one or more of the senses.