ELA 6-8 Diagnostic Assessment

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"

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Personification

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The attribution of a human characteristics to something nonhuman

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Repetition

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Repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

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Meter

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A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem

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Alliteration

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Repeated beginning sounds

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Rhythm

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Gives a poem its flow and beat

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Rhyme

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The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs

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stanza

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A grouped set of lines within a poem

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Imagery

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Visually descriptive or figurative language

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Metaphor

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A literal comparison of two unlike objects