ELT Terms, Spring 2025

ELT Terms, Spring 2025

Assessment

Flashcard

English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
L.11-12.5, L.11-12.5A, RL.11-12.6

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Thomas Klett

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figurative Language

Back

Term describing words that are used in ways that depart conspicuously from their literal applications to achieve a specific meaning or effect. These include figures of thought and figures of speech.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Literal Language

Back

Language that means exactly what it says without embellishment.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figures of Thought

Back

Rhetorical figures that involve a deviation from the ordinary pattern or arrangement of words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Tropes

Back

Figures of speech with an unexpected twist in the meaning of words.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.L.11-12.5

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Simile

Back

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Metaphor

Back

A figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Subtext

Back

The underlying or implicit meaning in dialogue or text.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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