Literary Devices
Fiction or Nonfiction
Quotations
Main Idea
Misc.
100

What type of literary device compares something USING like or as? 

Simile 

100

Imaginiary

fiction 

100

Bea said I hate cats!

Bea said, "I hate cats!"

100

The main idea is the _______ of the passage 

POINT 

100

The purpose of a fiction essay is to __________. 

entertain

200

This is also known as a "sound word"

Onomatopoeia 

200

Has statistical facts

nonfiction 

200

Toodles! shouted Lillie

"Toodles!", shouted Lillie

200

There are all kinds of dog breeds. Australian Shepards, Dalmatians, Pugs, and Belgian Malinois. Each dog breed is unique and different. 

There are lots of dog breeds. 

200

"The Titanic is unsinkable!" This is an example of ______.

irony 

300

This literary device gives an inanimate object human traits

Personification

300

Uses 3rd person narration 

fiction 

300

Get away from me now, said Miss Frazier

"Get away from me now", said Miss Frazier. 

300

The main idea can be _______ or ________. 

direct or implied

300

A fairytale is an example of _______.

fiction

400

Also known as a "figure of speech" or an "expression"

Idiom

400

Makes animals talk

fiction

400

How is your grandma doing?, Ruby questioned, I heard she was feeling much better! 

"How is your grandma doing?", Ruby questioned, "I heard she was feeling much better!"

400

Main idea is also known as _______

Theme 

400

Nike is an _______. 

allusion 

500

What literary device uses the repetition of the first initial consonant in a word?

Alliteration 

500

Usually goes in chronological order

nonfiction 

500

Quotations are most likely to be used in...

Dialogue 

500
The ______ __________ tells you the main idea of a passage. 

topic sentence

500

I told you to sit down 500 million times! 

hyperbole

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