This is an example of

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A struggle or problem between opposing forces in a story.

• Tone
• Mood
• Plot
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"I like that boom boom pow..."

• Imagery
• Allliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is diction?

• the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience
• comparison between two different things using like or as
• word choice
• an exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Identify the main literary device used here: The snow covered the ground like blanket of wool.  The chilly wind burned the tips of my nose and ears.  I tasted the icy snowflakes as they drifted down from the sky.

• Hyperbole
• Rhythm
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is denotation?

• a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood
• word choice
• the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences
• the dictionary definition of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is imagery?

• language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature
• the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences
• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is tone?

• the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience
• word choice
• dictionary definition of a word
• an exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B