Literary Devices

An object, person, or idea that represents something beyond itself.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The use of picture-painting words to help you experience author's ideas with all your senses.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

One thing is spoken of as though it were something else; implies comparison.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The attitude toward the subject that an author conveys in a piece of writing.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The use of a word, sound, or phrase more than once

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A central message or insight about life that sits at the center of a story/poem

A nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Like or as used to make comparison between two basically unlike ideas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Life is like a box of chocolates"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D