Literary Devices
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She runs like ..........................
She looked as innocent as ..........................
She was as white as ..........................
a ghost
the wind
a dove
Slide 3 - Drag question
Find the simile:
The new couch was as big as a bus and could hardly fit inside their small living room.
The new couch was as big as a bus and could hardly fit inside their small living room.
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Slide 4 - Open question
Find the simile:
The clock struck midnight and the sky was as black as ink.
The clock struck midnight and the sky was as black as ink.
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Slide 5 - Open question
Find the simile:
needed my sunglasses inside since the lights were as bright as day
needed my sunglasses inside since the lights were as bright as day
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Slide 6 - Open question
Find the simile:
The class was as quiet as a mouse because they didn’t want to get into trouble
The class was as quiet as a mouse because they didn’t want to get into trouble
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Her memory is cloudy since she can never remember anything.
Slide 10 - Open question
Time was a thief to me this year.
Slide 11 - Open question
The history test was a train wreck.
Slide 12 - Open question
The teacher was an encyclopedia of information
Slide 13 - Open question
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Locate the personification:
The old and tattered house looked depressed.
The old and tattered house looked depressed.
Slide 15 - Open question
The good news travelled fast through the town
Slide 16 - Open question
The snow wrapped the trees in white, fluffy blankets
Slide 17 - Open question
The year raced by and before we knew it, summer was here.
Slide 18 - Open question
Alliteration uses repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of each word. Choose a letter and write a sentence using alliteration
Slide 19 - Open question
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Slide 21 - Slide
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The sausage .................... on the grill
The car ..................... into the tree
The girl ...................... her brother in the pool
crashed
splashed
sizzled
Slide 22 - Drag question
Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Write down 3 onomatopea's
Write down 3 onomatopea's
Slide 23 - Open question
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Onomatope
Alliteration
She was treated like a queen on her birthday.
The bugs went SPLAT on the windshield
The car died on the side of the road when it ran out of gas.
Linda liked laughing and licking lollipops
The students in this class are all brains.
Slide 24 - Drag question
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
The leaves whistled in the rain.
Stella sold sixty-six silly salamanders Sunday
The sun was a glowing ball of fire in the sky
The lemons she used in the dessert tasted like sour grapes.
The cereal went SNAP, CRACKLE, POP when he poured in the milk at breakfast.
