SUMMER READING ENGLISH THREE AP
LITERARY DEVICE ASSIGNMENT
IN COLD BLOOD
Name ______________________________________________________ Date ____________________ Period _______________________
As you read In Cold Blood, find strong examples of at least five of the following literary devices. You must find a total of eight examples (no more
than two of the same device). Identify the type of literary device (A), the page number from the book (B), write the device (copy word for word from
the book) (C), and then explain the purpose of the device for the reader (D).
LITERARY DEVICE BANK: metaphor, simile, personification, symbol, hyperbole, allusion, irony, onomatopoeia
A -Type of Literary Device B -PAGE #
Example from Of
Mice and Men
simile
1
2
3
3
C –Copy Literary Device
“His huge companion dropped his blankets and
flung himself down and drank from the surface
of the green pool; drank with long gulps,
snorting into the water like a horse.”
D –Purpose of the Device for Reader
To compare this character to a large,
powerful animal shows that he is not
thoughtful or careful like a human but
usually acts based on his urgent needs
like an animal would.
A - Type of Literary Device B - PAGE #
4
5
6
7
8
C –Copy Literary Device
D –Purpose of the Device for Reader