Comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as."

What is alliteration?

Repetition of beginning letters of words with the same sound

Compares two unlike things with words 'as', 'like,' and 'so'

What's an onomatopoeia?

A word that mimics the sound it represents

What is personification?

Attributing human or animal characteristics to things

A combination of contradictory words.

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Part One: Figurative Language and Literary Devices

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Let's practice naming figurative language and literary devices and become experts in identifying them.

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Can you name this literary device?
simile
personification
oxymoron
hyperbole
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Can you name this literary device?
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
alliteration
paradox
3
What is a metaphor?
Comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as."
Compares a thing or idea by making it human
Comparison of two unlike things using words 'like' or 'as.'
Is a way to play on the initial sound of a word for effect
4
Can you name this literary device?
personification
alliteration
simile
oxymoron
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What is alliteration?
A phrase that combines normally contradictory terms
Repetition of beginning letters of words with the same sound
Attributing human or animal characteristics to a thing
A word that mimics a sound
6
Can you name this literary device?
alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
oxymoron
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Can you name this literary device? Take your time on this one- you have 30 seconds- extra
metaphor
hyperbole
oxymoron
symbolism
8
Can you name these literary devices? There are two.
alliteration & oxymoron
simile & metaphor
personification & oxymoron
metaphor & onomatopoeia
9
Can you name these literary devices? There are two.
simile & metaphor
oxymoron & paradox
alliteration and onomatopoeia
personification & onomatopoeia
10
Can you name this literary device?
hyperbole
oxymoron
personification
simile
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Which of the following is true about literary devices?
All of the above.
They are used in our everyday lives and literature
They are comparisons to unlike things
They make writing more interesting.
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Can you name this literary device?
personification
simile
metaphor
oxymoron
13
Can you name this literary device?
paradox
metaphor
simile
oxymoron
14
Can you name these literary device? There are two.
metaphor & alliteration
alliteration & personification
oxymoron & hyperbole
alliteration & oxymoron
15
Can you name this literary device?
oxymoron
simile
onomatopoeia
metaphor
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Can you name this literary device?
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
alliteration
hyperbole
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What is a simile?
A literary device that uses a word to mimic a sound
Compares two unlike things with words 'as', 'like,' and 'so'
Compares two unlike things with 'is."
None of the above
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Can you name this literary device?
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
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What is this literary device? (extra time)
personification
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
symbolism
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Can you name this literary device?
personification
paradox
simile
oxymoron
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Can you name this literary device?
paradox
alliteration
simile
metaphor
22
Can you name this literary device?
personification
simile
metaphor
oxymoron
23
Can you name this literary device?
Alliteration
Paradox
Personification
Simile
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What's an onomatopoeia?
Comparing two unlike things with the words 'like' or 'as'.
A word that mimics the sound it represents
Attributing human or animal characteristics to a thing
Repetition of beginning letters of words with the same sound
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Can you name this literary device?
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
alliteration
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What is personification?
Repetition of beginning letters of words with the same sound
A word that mimics a sound
A combination of contradictory words.
Attributing human or animal characteristics to things
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Can you name this literary devices? There are two.
alliteration & hyperbole
personification and hyperbole
alliteration & oxymoron
personification & oxymoron
28
Can you name this literary device?
alliteration
personification
oxymoron
paradox
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Can you name this literary device?
simile
oxymoron
metaphor
alliteration
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Can you name this literary device?
personification
metaphor
oxymoron
simile
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What's an oxymoron?
A word that mimics a sound
Repetition of beginning letters of words with the same sound
Comparing two unlike things not using words 'like' or 'as.'
A combination of contradictory words.
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Can you name this literary device?
alliteration
paradox
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
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Can you name this literary device?
personification
alliteration
metaphor
paradox
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Can you name this literary device?
personification
alliteration
oxymoron
simile

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