Literary Devices Flashcards
1
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Metaphor
A
Metaphors compare things WITHOUT using the words like or as
2
Q
Simile
A
Similes compare things BY USING the words like or as
3
Q
Personification
A
Giving human characteristics to something that is not a human
4
Q
Alliteration
A
The repetition of some letter or sound
5
Q
Hyperbaly
A
An extreme exaggeration
6
Q
Imagery
A
Visual descriptive language that paints an image in the readers mind
7
Q
As she was walking the leafs under her feet were crunching and the wind was so strong
A
Imagery
8
Q
The Rain was running so fast
A
Personification
9
Q
A crocodile cracked his clock and cried so cold
A
Alliteration
10
Q
I cried a river and then I drowned in it
A
Hyperdbaly
11
Q
My sister looks like a model
A
Simile
12
Q
My brother is a couch chip
A
Metaphor
