Figurative Language

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Term describing "He slams one to Jupiter":

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Noah references baseball legend Hank Aaron. Type of figurative language?

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allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

"Our baseball dream is a nightmare" is an example of which figurative language?

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metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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"In our minds we could hit anything, run the bases like gazelles, slide into home safe" (14). This passage is an example of

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simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Benny Goodman described as the "Rambo of Rhythm and Romance". Type of figurative language?

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alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Noah describes the Walt (Swing) as being "cool". What figurative language gives human traits to an abstract idea?

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Walt is slo th slo w is an example of alliteration and another device. What is it?

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assonance

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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"She loves mint chocolate chip 'cause she's sweet. She wears her hair like a queen. She walks-" The repetition of 'she' at the start of each line is an example of:

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anaphora/ parallel structure

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4