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Literary Device

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  • From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I waited ages to see you there
    Alliteration
  • "I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless."
    Assonance
  • The wind was loud like a jet engine
    Simile
  • The cat in the hat sat on the mat, he was fat
    Rhyme
  • What literary device is used? "Jayden is a kangaroo."
    Metaphor
  • Language that appeals to all five senses
    Imagery
  • His eyes were daggers that cut right through me.
    Metaphor
  • What literary device is used? "The car horn beeped loudly."
    Onomatopoeia
  • What literary device is used? "The coolness of the night, refreshes my skin. The stars sine so bright, causing me to grin."
    Rhyme
  • I laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork The dominoes cascaded in a line
    Simile
  • What is personification?
    giving non-human characters human traits
  • Lit device: “Time, mystical time. Cutting me open, then healing me fine”
    Personification
  • What literary device is used? "It’s quiet in the classroom. It’s quiet in the corridors. It’s quiet in the garden. Everyone is quiet on the campus."
    Repetition
  • “The flames reached for the child"
    Personification
  • What literary device is used? "John's mouth is a huge metal factory."
    Metaphor
  • What literary device is used? "Bob is as brave as lion."
    Simile
  • The red walls cracked and peeled, as the light flickered
    Imagery
  • He was as mad as a box of frogs
    Simile
  • Round the ragged rock the ragged rascal ran
    Alliteration
  • "The wind whispered" is an example of what?
    Personification
  • “Wait,” whispered Wendy, her gaze wandering wistfully.
    Alliteration
  • In Love story, what is the biggest literary device: ‘that you were Romeo, you were throwing Pebbles And my Daddy Said ‘ stay away from Juliet’?
    Metaphor
  • Lit device: "Break up, break free, break through, break down You would break your back to make me break a smile"
    Repetition
  • What literary device is used? "Life is like a dream."
    Simile
  • "Hear the mellow wedding bells"
    Assonance
  • What literary device is used? "Lazy leaping lizards like licking luscious lollipops."
    Alliteration
  • "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain."
    Assonance
  • BANG CRASH BOOM
    Onompatopeia
  • What literary device is used? "Kind, keen koalas kick kites."
    Alliteration
  • What is a metaphor?
    a comparison not using like or as - directly comparing one thing to another
  • Vivid description that the author uses to create pictures with words is known as...
    Imagery
  • What is repetition & why is it used?
    When the same word or phrase is repeated for emphasis
  • 0 0 0 "Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground"
    Assonance
  • Name three words that rhyme with cat.
    hat, bat, rat, mat, fat...
  • The room was bare, no windows, no furniture. Just walls of white and cracked concrete
    Imagery
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