Literary Terms

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Comparing something using like or as is a ....

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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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Repeating the same sounds or letters is called a ...

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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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Comparing WITHOUT using like or as is called a ...

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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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Phrases you cannot take literally (jokes)

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idioms

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Words that sound like their meaning are...

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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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Giving human traits to nonhuman things

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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A Hyperbole is an...

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Exaggeration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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An exaggeration is a...

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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A Simile is ...

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Comparing something 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

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A Metaphor is a ...

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Comparing something WITHOUT 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