30-38 Literary Elements 2017

An extreme exaggeration

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A comparison of two or more things that have something in common (without using key words).

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

• symbol
• onomatopoeia
• oxymoron
• pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A combination of seemingly contradictory (opposite) words

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• oxymoron
• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Animals, objects, force of nature, or ideas that are given human qualities or characteristics

• symbol
• pun
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar structure

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• oxymoron
• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison of seemingly unlike things using keywords "like" or "as"

• metaphor
• symbol
• pun
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An object, a person, a place, or an experience that stands for/represents something else. 

• symbol
• simile
• pun
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A humorous play on words 

• personification
• symbol
• pun
• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A