Front

Simile

Back

Comparing two things using like or as.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Alliteration

Back

Two or more words that begin with the same sound.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Metaphor

Back

Saying one thing is another.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Hyperbole:

Back

Using an unbelievable exaggeration.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

Words that sound like what they mean

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Two words with opposite meanings

Back

Oxymorons

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Use of symbols to express ideas in literature.

Back

Symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Main idea or subject of a poem.

Back

Theme

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D