Tropes Overview

A figure of speech using an implied comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Simile

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The artful use of a word, phrase, or image that is different than the normal way.

• Trope

• Simile

• Litotes

• Oxymoron

• Schemes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Explicit comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Paradox

• Trope

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Giving abstractions or inanimate objects human qualities or abilities

• Personification

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect

• Hyperbole

• Litotes

• Irony

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Asking a question for the purpose of asserting or denying something

• Rhetorical Question

• Trope

• Litotes

• Oxymoron

The use of a word to convey a meaning opposite to the literal definition of the word

• Irony

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The combination of terms that are ordinarily contradictory

• Oxymoron

• Rhetorical Question

• Synecdoche

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth; often difficult or impossible to believe

• Paradox

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Trope

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

• allusion

• irony

• simile

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4