Stylistic devices

Definition: An explicit comparison between two things that are quite different using such as "like" or "as" describes a ...

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

We believe in a GENEROUS America, in a COMPASSIONATE America, and in a TOLERANT America [...].

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It´s not SMALL, it´s BIG. It´s IMPORTANT.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

If meaningful words, phrases or sentences are repeated to reinforce a particular idea in a paragraph, we are dealing with a ...

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

TELL ME AND I forget. TEACH ME AND I may remember. INVOLVE ME AND I will learn. (Benjamin Franklin)

is an example of a ...

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy WAS A ROCK IN A RAGING SEA.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My friend is AS good AS gold.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"These two countries would REMAIN AT EACH OTHER´S THROAT for so long."

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"The frogs began their CONCERT."

are both examples for a ...

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Definition: Stylistic device in which clauses are placed one after another without using subordinate conjunctions; sentences are equally important.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

WE THE PEOPLE have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents. (Obama, inaugural address)

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4