ELA 7th grade

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What is a mood?

Back

The feeling created by the poet for the reader.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

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Definition of Metaphor

Back

A comparison made by saying that one thing 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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Definition of Simile

Back

A comparison 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

Front

What is a Stanza?

Back

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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What is Onomatopoeia?

Back

A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing, creating a sound effect that mimics the thing described.

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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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What is a Theme in literature?

Back

The central idea or message in a work of literature.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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What is Personification?

Back

Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities or objects.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is Alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of 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

Front

What is a Hyperbole?

Back

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is a Narrative?

Back

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10