What is the definition of "metaphor"?

• Use of one part to refer to the whole, or the whole to refer to the part.

• A language that names something or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.

• Two unlike objects compared by identifying or substituting one with other without using like or as

• A number, a word, a sentence, a symbol, or even signs that can be read forward as well as backward, or in reverse order with the same effects and meanings.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the definition of "hyperbole"?

• Literary device that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

• Creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike, along with illustrating a larger point due to their commonalities

• A word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning

• literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the definition of "metonymy"?

• A literary device signifying a story or drama that presents an admirable or courageous character that confronts powerful forces inside and/or outside of themselves.

• A figurative meaning to get words to mean more than they normally would by layering figurative meanings and associations onto a word's literal meaning.

• A rhetorical or literary device in which a writer compares or contrasts two people, places, things, or ideas.

• A short form of literary composition based on a single subject matter, and often gives the personal opinion of the author.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of a "simile"?

• Style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer

• A form of language that has no formal metrical structure

• A statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense

• A direct comparison between things, which have one or more points in common and be recognized by the use of the word ‘like’ and ‘as’

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of "personification"?

• Giving human characteristic to an object

• A literary device that can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end.

• A literary device that implies comparison or contrast.

• An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of "irony"?

• An expression that is trite, worn-out, and overused

• An indirect or a subtle observation about a thing or a person

• A literary device that is also known as a “play on words

• Contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the definition of "litotes"?

• A form of poetry such as sonnet or elegy

• A literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work

• A phrase that utilizes negative wording or terms to express a positive assertion or statement

• A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What are the components (parts) that make up a Thesis Statement?

• Topic and Stance

• Topic, Stance, and Reasoning

• Intro, Body, and Conclusion

• None of the above.

What three things do we find in our body paragraphs?

• General Statement, Hook, Thesis

• Summary, opinion, stance

• Restate Thesis, Thesis, Details

• Topic sentence, Details, Commentary

What is Plagiarism?

• Playing outside

• The opposition of another's point of view

• The presenting of words, ideas, images, sounds, or the creative expression of others as your own.

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9