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GRADE 7 LITERARY DEVICES

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    LITERARY DEVICES
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  • Personification is
    giving an animal or object human-like characteristics
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  • Alliteration is...
    the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more words that appear one after another
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  • Hyperbole is ...
    an exaggeration
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  • 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse,' is an example of ...
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    a pun
    personication
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  • 'Tim the terrifying tiger,' is an example of...
    symbol
    alliteration
    irony
    imagery
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  • The words or phrases a writer uses to describe persons, objects, actions, feelings and ideas while appealing to the five senses is called ...
    imagery
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  • Irony is
    a contrast between appearance and reality - or when one thing is expected to happen and the exact opposite happens instead
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  • Bang! Crash! Zap! are examples of
    Onomatopoeia
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  • Foreshadowing is...
    Important clues that an author drops to help the reader get ready for something later in a story
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  • an object, person, place or action that "stands for" or represents something else is called...
    a symbol
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  • The poem 'The Sea' by James Reeves, that we looked at in your LIP classes, is an example of
    extended metaphor
    extended simile
    hyperbole
    free verse
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  • 'The light of the fire is a sight' is an example of...
    assonance
    free verse
    alliteration
    consonance
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  • 'Go slow over the road' is an example of ...
    simile
    hyperbole
    assonance
    consonance
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  • 'The tall grass blew in the soft autumn breeze. Last night's rain glistened and shined in the morning sun.' This sentence is an example of
    extended metaphor
    imagery
    alliteration
    repetition
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  • Look at the image and create a description with lots of detail. (imagery)
    answers will vary
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  • 'The music danced through the room and into Jason's ear. It whispered to him quietly, calling him outside to the school dance.' Identify the poetic device
    Personification. Music is not a person. It doesn't dance or whisper.
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