Literary Devices

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Visually descriptive or figurative language is...

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Imagery

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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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The overall mood and attitude of the piece is...

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Tone

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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What is Irony?

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Contrast between how things seem and how they really are.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Imagine you're a poet trying to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind using words. What literary device would you primarily use?

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Imagery

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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

The phrase 'as quiet as a mouse' is an example of...

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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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A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' is called...

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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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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is called...

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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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Giving human characteristics to non-human things is known as...

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called...

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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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A literary device that uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect is called...

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D