Literary Devices 3rd grade

When an object or animal has human like qualities.

Name the literary device: "The cow goes moooooo."

Name the literary device: "It's a secret! Don't let the cat out of the bag!"

Name the literary device: "The trees were whispering in the wind."

If the writing is so exaggerated that it is unbelieveable.

Name the literary device: "I waited in line forever for those concert tickets!"

When a writer uses a rhyme pattern like a song or poem.

Name the literary device: "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"

The formation or use of words that imitate the sound associated with something

The repetition of a consonant sound (usually at the beginning of a word)

Comparing two different things without using 'like' or 'as'

Name the literary device: "BAM! POW! Batman beats Joker!"

Comparing two different things using like or as

An exaggeration that is used for heightened or comic relief

That test was a piece of cake.

Name the literary device: "My backpack weighs a ton!"

Name the literary device: "Hold your horses!"

Name the literary device: "He is as tall as a giraffe!"

A phrase which means something other than what the words literally convey

The mountains were bright white with snow sparkling in the sun.

Name the literary device: "The moon was resting in the night sky."