Literary Devices

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language not meant to be taken literary, such as "her mind raced"

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figurative language

Front 2

He is the turtle of our family.

Back 2

metaphor

Front 3

like a bull in a china cabinet

Back 3

simile

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legendary stories, such as the story of Icarus

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myth

Front 5

the tortoise and the hare

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fable

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lesson taught in a fable such as "slow & steady wins the race"

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moral

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Two words with the same ending sound, such as "led" and "fed"

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rhyme

Front 8

She sells seashells by the sea shore.

Back 8

alliteration

Front 9

words like "buzz", "meow", and "moo"

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onomatopoeia

Front 10

An entire story about a garden, which actually stands for the changing cycle of life.

Back 10

extended metaphor

Front 11

Phrases like "jumbo shrimp" or "plastic silverware"

Back 11

oxymoron

Front 12

Giving human characteristics to non-human things, such as "The clouds were crying"

Back 12

personification

Front 13

Repeating a word or phrase throughout a work, such as in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"

Back 13

repetition

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Pattern of rhyme, such as A B A C or A B C B

Back 14

rhyme scheme

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Two rhyming lines at the end of a stanza, such as: "The world knows not the woe, of the tale of Juliet and her Romeo"

Back 15

couplet

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Reference to a famous person, event, or literary work, as in: "She was a modern-day Juliet"

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allusion

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The rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem such as, "Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock"

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meter

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Phrase specific to a certain language or region, such as, "It's raining cats and dogs

Back 18

idiom

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Descriptive phrases that appeal to the sense of sight such as, "The rainbow was a spash of color in a colorless sky"

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images

Front 20

Winning the lottery, then dying the next day

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irony

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"I'm as full as a tick"

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simle

Front 22

During competition, he is a wild animal.

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metaphor

Front 23

Roses are red A
Violets are blue B
Sugar is sweet C
And so are you B

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rhyme scheme

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A fire station burning down

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irony

Front 25

Words like "bang", "hiss", and "zap"

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onomatopoeia

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The limbs of the tree were arms reaching toward the sky

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personification

Front 27

Ten tiny teacups teetered on the top of the table

Back 27

alliteration

Front 28

The words "make", "take", and "cake" all...

Back 28

rhyme