Literary Elements and Techniques -3

An author's use of exaggeration to make a point.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An author's wording that creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A comparison of two objects where the author shows they are similar using "like" or "as".

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A comparison of two objects where the author says the objects are the same.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Repetition of the same consonant sound in words that are close together.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using human or person-like traits in an inanimate object.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Match the following

• Simile

• comparing two objects and saying they are the same

• Metaphor

• comparing two objects as similar using "like" or "as"

• Hyperbole

• repetition of a consonant sound in words that are close together

• Alliteration

• words that create a picture in the reader's mind

• Imagery

• Use of

  Exaggeration

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

She was very angry. In fact she was as cold as ice to me.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Boy was I tired! I slept like a log last night.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The crimson apple glistened in her hand.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5