FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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Figurative Language:

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the use of words that deviates from conventional meaning to convey complex ideas, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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Literal Language definition?

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Precise and tells the reader exactly the point.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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Use of words with similar vowel sounds nearby.

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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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A figure of speech that attributes human traits to non-human entities.

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Personification

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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A word or phrase for one thing used in place of another to show similarity, without 'like' or 'as'.

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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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Term for exaggeration that adds drama to a sentence.

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Contradicting paired words in a phrase.

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Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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Use of words resembling sounds of objects/actions.

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Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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A figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice versa.

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Synecdoche

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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Statement contradicting itself; uses opposing terms to provoke thought.

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Paradox