Literary Terms

Front

An exaggeration made to prove a point

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

a comparison between two unlike things

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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

Front

a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

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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

Front

When several words in a row begin with the same consonant.

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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

Front

Words that imitate the sound they make

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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

Front

Giving human traits to non-living things

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Krispy Kreme

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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

Front

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: "She was shaking like a leaf."?

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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

Front

Identify the figure of speech: "He has spend a million hours studying for the exam."

Back

hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What figure of speech is used in the phrase "Life is like a box of chocolates"?

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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