Figurative Language comprehension check
Master literary devices! Figurative language comprehension check for 8th graders.
Simile comparing two things using like or as metaphor comparing two things without using like or as repetition words, lines or phrases that are repeated alliteration repeating consonant sounds imagery words or phrases that appeal to the senses onomatopoeia using words that suggest sounds personification giving human characteristics to objects or animals symbol person place or object that represents something else irony surprise difference between what is expected to happen and what happens hyperbole obvious and intentional exaggeration