Literary Terms

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The use of two or more words that begin with the same letter or sound in a sentence.

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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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The use of exaggeration to place emphasis on something important or to make something more interesting.

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hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Words that are meant to sound like or resemble what they describe literally.

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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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saying the same words or phrases over and over again for emphasis

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repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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The use of two words that have the opposite meaning in one phrase or that contradict each other.

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oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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A word or image used to represent something else.

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symbol

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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

What literary device points out the similarities between two things using the words "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

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When something not human - like an object or an animal - is given human characteristics and behaviors.

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

a comparison of two things by saying that one thing is another

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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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When a writer gives clues to the reader about what will happen later.

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Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5