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Literary devices flashcards covering simile, metaphor, and personification for Grade 6 English language arts.
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Literary Devices and Figurative Language Flashcards

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This 48-card flashcard set covers 12 key literary devices for Grade 6 students, with four cards dedicated to each device: simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idiom, alliteration, personification, oxymoron, pun, irony, proverbs and adages, and allusion. Use it for vocabulary drill, literature unit review, or standardized test preparation in figurative language.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Literature
Grade Level:
6th Grade
Updated March 2026

Terms in This Set

  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Hyperbole
  • Idiom
  • Alliteration
  • Personification
  • Oxymoron
  • Pun
  • Irony
  • Proverbs and Adages
  • Allusion
  • Simile
  • Simile
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Metaphor
  • Metaphor
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Hyperbole
  • Hyperbole
  • Hyperbole
  • Idiom
  • Idiom
  • Idiom
  • Alliteration
  • Alliteration
  • Alliteration
  • Personification
  • Personification
  • Personification
  • Oxymoron
  • Oxymoron
  • Oxymoron
  • Pun
  • Pun
  • Pun
  • Irony
  • Irony
  • Irony
  • Proverbs and Adages
  • Proverbs and Adages
  • Proverbs and Adages
  • Allusion
  • Allusion
  • Allusion

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