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Literary Devices Notes
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A review of literary devices to prepare students for writing narratives.
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A word or group of words in a literary work that appeals to one of the five senses and intensifies meaning
is...
Hyperbole
Symbol
Personification
Imagery
2
“Get back here!” the man yelled in a
serious
voice
reveals.
..
Hyperbole
Imagery
Tone
Mood
3
An example of
allusion
would be...
Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are
The fireman’s house burned down yesterday.
I have a dream that students will turn in their work on time.
The clouds are fluffy cottonballs in the sky.
4
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse! I ate so much, my stomach will burst!
is an example of...
Symbol
Hyperbole
Personification
Rhyme
5
A comparison of two unlike items, using
like
or
as
is...
Metaphor
Symbol
Simile
Alliteration
6
The emotions the reader and/or character is intended to feel as a result of the word choice.
Hyperbole
Voice
Tone
Mood
7
Twinkle twinkle little
star,
How I wonder what you
are
(star / are)
is an example of...
Irony
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Personification
8
A word that captures a sound effect to echo its meaning
is...
Tone
Alliteration
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
9
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
is...
Rhyme
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
10
The clouds are fluffy cottonballs in the sky
is an example
Metaphor
Imagery
Simile
Symbol
11
Using a word, phrase, sentence, or verb structure more than once for flow or emphasis (power)
is...
Personification
Repetition
Alliteration
Rhyme
12
He swam away from the shore like a shark pursuing its prey
is an example of...
Repetition
Rhyme
Simile
Imagery
13
Which is an example of
Irony?
I have a dream that students will turn in their work on time.
The clouds are fluffy cottonballs in the sky.
The fireman’s house burned down yesterday
The wind shouted at the trees.
14
A similarity of sound between two words
is...
rhyme
repetition
alliteration
symbol
15
The use of something concrete (visual) to represent an abstract idea or feeling
defines...
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Symbol
Personification
16
Which is an example of personification?
The wind shouted at the trees and the flowers laughed in their beds.
"I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams"
"I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true"
"so please oh please we beg, we pray, go throw your TV away"
