Basic English 9/10

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

“ It’s raining cats and dogs.”

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• 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

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

• pun

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.

• pun

• idiom

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3