Academic Vocab (figurative language and poetry) flashcards

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Simile

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A comparison between two unlike things 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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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike things not using like or as. Saying that something IS something else.

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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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Personification

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Giving a non-human human-like characteristics.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Hyperbole

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Over exaggeration intended to have an effect.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Understatement

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Language that makes something seem less important/bad/good than it really is.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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Idiom

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A well-known saying that uses language non-literally.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Onomatopoeia

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Sound words.

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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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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words.

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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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Oxymoron

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A phrase made of two or more words that have opposite meanings.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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Pun

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A play on words in which two meanings of a word are used to make a funny statement.

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CCSS.L.8.5A