ENGLISH 9

The special way of using language.

• Parts of speech

• Figures of speech

• Linguistic Etiquette

• Grammar in daily used

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

It is a direct address to some inanimate thing or some abstract idea as if it were living person or some absent person as if it were present.

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

These are non-human entities that are given human-like attributes or abilities.

• Simile

• Metonomy

• Personification

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is meant for a change of name. It is a substitute of the thing names for the thing meant. Following examples will clarify the concept.

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Two different things are compared using "like" and "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This is the understanding of one thing by means of another. Here, a part is used to designate the whole or the whole to designate a part.

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Direct comparison and not using "like" and "as".

• Personification

• Irony

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In this mode of speech, the real meanings of the words used are different from the intended meanings.

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Metonymy

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

It is a figure of speech which combines two seemingly contradictory or incongruous words for sharp emphasis or effect.

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This is the used of exaggeration to express strong emotion.

• Irony

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A