Literary Devices - Defintions
Literary Devices - Practice
Literary Devices-Practice
Literary Devices - Definitions
100
Repeating words or phrases
What is repetition?
100
I am so angry my head might explode!
What is hyperbole?
100
lime, time, shine
What is rhyme?
100
a description so clear you can picture it in your mind
What is imagery?
200
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
200
I don't know why I'm upset I just know we're done I don't know why I'm upset But I think we're done
What is repetition?
200
"the hook shot kissed the rim and hung there"
What is diction or imagery?
200
exaggeration for comic effect or to make a point
What is hyperbole?
300
Specific word choice the author uses
What is diction?
300
As the sun rose the purple streaked the sky, The rain drops shimmering in the pale air
What is imagery or diction?
300
Bless me, I'm Jesus in Bethlehem The first to arrive
What is allusion?
300
a comparison of 2 unlike things in which one thing is spoken of as if it were another
What is metaphor?
400
A poem or text written by you about yourself
What is an autobiography?
400
She was beautiful, like the first star in the evening as it rises
What is simile?
400
He was my grandfather, Lester, or Les, He was an old watch, and a tan line on his wrist He was a straw hat, dust falling off the brim Or a pair of work boots, kicked off near the bed
What is metaphor?
400
when the endings of two words make similar sounds
What is rhyme?
500
a form of poetry with no required rhyme, rhythm, or pattern
What is free verse?
500
My Life Story I am a rural girl From a country town, I grew up there, In the trees and the fields
What is an autobiography?
500
The rain falls hard Hitting the roof as if tin coins were being thrown from above
What is simile?
500
a reference in text to something the reader should know
What is allusion?