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Context Clues Worksheet

This document provides examples of various literary devices and terms across 5 pages. It includes short passages demonstrating devices like imagery, personification, onomatopoeia, parallelism and symbolism. Students are tasked with identifying the literary device in each example and explaining their reasoning. The document uses alpaca-related scenarios and descriptions to illustrate the different literary techniques.

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Context Clues Worksheet

This document provides examples of various literary devices and terms across 5 pages. It includes short passages demonstrating devices like imagery, personification, onomatopoeia, parallelism and symbolism. Students are tasked with identifying the literary device in each example and explaining their reasoning. The document uses alpaca-related scenarios and descriptions to illustrate the different literary techniques.

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1 Literary Devices
Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________________

Paste or copy the correct examples of the literary terms in the correct boxes. Add notes
to explain how you made your decision.

Notes
Literary Term Example (How I knew!)

Example: The speed of the boy is being


Simile – comparison The boy was as quick as a fox. compared to the speed of a
using like or as. fox, using like or as.
Alliteration
Alliteration is the
repetition of a consonant
sound at the beginning of
words.

“sweet smell of success”


Assonance
Repetition of similar
vowel sounds followed by
different constant sounds
in words that are close
together.

“mellow wedding bells”


Connotation
The various feelings,
images, and memories
that surround a word
make up its connotation.

“thrifty versus penny-


pinching”
Expanded Moment
Slowing down to expand
a moment can stretch out
tension.

“She stopped, checked


her watch, straightened
her skirt and pushed the
door open.’’
p. 2 Literary Devices
Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________________

Paste or copy the correct examples of the literary terms in the correct boxes. Add any
notes to explain how you made your decision.

Notes
Literary Term Example (How I knew!)

Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is the use
of hints or clues to
suggest what will happen
later in literature.
 builds suspense
 preparing the reader
for events

Early in the movie, at a


simple visit to the store,
the car won’t start. Later
in the movie, when the
star attempts to escape
danger, the car won’t
start.
Idiom
An idiom or idiomatic
expression refers to a
construction or
expression in one
language that cannot be
matched or directly
translated word-for-word
in another language.

“a bee in her bonnet”


Hyphenated Modifier
A hyphenated modifier is
a compound adjective or
adverb created by
hyphenating multiple
words together that work
as one word.

“bulletproof-waterproof-
fireproof-and-every-other-
proof safe”
p. 3 Literary Devices
Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________________
Paste or copy the correct examples of the literary terms in the correct boxes. Add any
notes to explain how you made your decision.

Notes
Literary Term Example (How I knew!)

Imagery
Words and phrases, called
images, help a reader
mentally experience what
the characters in the
literary selection are
actually experiencing.

“green, tepid water”


Magic Three
Called the ‘rule of three’,
this principle suggests that
words, phrases and events
occurring three times are
most pleasing to the ear
and the audience.

The Three Little Pigs


“He swung his bat, hit the
ball and ran to base.”
Metaphor
A metaphor compares two
unlike things that have
something in common. The
comparison is made
without the use of like or
as.

“ The sun is a flower”


Onomatopoeia
The use of words to imitate
sounds is called
onomatopoeia.

“bang, pop, hiss, sizzle”


Oxymoron
contradictory terms are
combined.
“deafening silence”
p. 4 Literary Devices
Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________________

Paste or copy the correct examples of the literary terms in the correct boxes. Add any
notes to explain how you made your decision.

Notes
Literary Term Example (How I knew!)

Parallelism

Use of similar or identical


language, structures, events
or ideas in different parts of
a text.
Personification

Inanimate objects or
abstract concepts are given
human qualities.

“The rain danced.”


Repetition

The use of a specific word,


phrase, or structure
repeated several times,
usually in close proximity, to
emphasize a particular idea.
Simile
A comparison between two
unlike things that have
something in common is
called a simile. A simile
always uses the words like
or as to make a comparison.

“moved like elephants”


Symbolism

The use of specific objects


or images to represent
abstract ideas. A symbol
must be tangible (visible)
while the idea it represents
must be abstract or
universal.
“Doves symbolize peace.”
p. 5 Text Examples
Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________________

dancing butterflies,
chirping crickets,
wind blew puffs of tiny mountains of Destiny has another
dandelion fluff, and
summer breeze champagne silk purpose
unfurling wildflowers
that tickled his nose

the teeth, the


perfectly proportioned like a marionette shears buzzed to life
topknots, and the tails

Slowly, the rest of the


herd stood and,
he slipped, spun, and
hold your horses matchstick legs without a backward
wobbled
glance, left Destiny
alone

cutters whined like cocooned in morning


regal neck stole the show
hungry mosquitoes shadow

trees, bent by the


wind, were slingshots
Destiny didn’t
that threatened
“I’m-far-too-cute-to- nibble….Destiny
release at any glossy caramel fleece
be-mad-at” didn’t splash…Destiny
moment with
expression didn’t dip
disastrous
consequences
Wolves and stray
dogs were always It’s meant for
straight-necked and
Destiny’s sweater looking for a way in, something truly
flat-backed
and an alpaca was no exceptional
match for either.

churning and bubbling


shoulders slumped,
of black clouds necks stretched taut click-clack cadence
his steps sluggish
spilling out of the west

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