Literary

Devices
By Angel
 Topics
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
 Metaphor
• Metaphor is used to compare 2 things without
using like or as.
• E.g. The snow is a white blanket.
• He is a shining star.
• The falling snowflakes are dancers.
• The calm lake was a mirror.
 Simile
• Simile is used to compares 2 things with using
like or as.
• E.g. You were as brave as a lion.
• They fought like cats and dogs.
• Your explanation is as clear as mud.
• Watching the show was like watching grass
grow.
 Onomatopoeia
• A word that sounds like the word it is
describing.
• E.g. Boom!
• Buzz
• Whoosh
• Bang
 Personification
• Personification is when you give an animal or
object qualities or abilities that only a human
can have.
• E.g. Lightning danced across the sky.
• The wind howled in the night.
• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her
name.
• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed
every morning.
 Alliteration
• Alliteration is when we use words close
together that have the same sounds.
• E.g. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
• A good cook could cook as much cookies as a
good cook who could cook cookies.
• Sheep should sleep in a shed.
• Black bug bit a big black bear.
 Hyperbole
• Hyperbole is an exaggeration or making
something bigger/worse than it is.
• E.g. I have told you a million times.
• He's running faster than the wind.
• This bag weighs a ton
• Your skin is softer than silk.
Thank you