Figurative Language and Literary Elements Review

Where future events in a story, or perhaps the outcome, are  suggested by the author before they happen. This suggestion can be made in  various ways such as a flashback, an object, or a previous situation which reflects  a more significant situation later on.

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When something is described using contradictory terms

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The sensory details and images evoked by the words of a story; appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch)

• Irony

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

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CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Makes a direct comparison between two unlike things

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with  another to suggest they are alike

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A literary device involving a difference between what is said and  what is meant, or between what’s expected to happen and what actually occurs

• Oxymoron

• Simile
• Irony
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In And Then There Were None, Anthony Marston is the first to die. Which of the following passages most strongly shows the irony around him being the first to die?

• Chapter 2 Section II

  “It was a fantastic moment. In it, Anthony Marston seemed to be something more than mortal” (Christie 22).

• Chapter 2 Section VIII

  “Anthony was a creature of sensation – and of action” (Christie 39).

• Chapter 3 Section III

  “Anthony Marston moved a step nearer to him. His fists clenched themselves" (Christie 60).

• Chapter 4 Section IV

  “There was a chorus of agreement with only one dissentient voice. It was Anthony Marston who disagreed with the majority” (Christie 73).

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following passages is an example of an oxymoron?

• Chapter 3 Section II

  “He passed through and immediately uttered an exclamation of satisfaction” (Christie 49).

• Chapter 3 Section I

  “Into that silence came The Voice. Without warning, inhuman, penetrating …” (Christie 46).

• Chapter 3 Section III

  “He set down his burden carefully” (Christie 54).

• Chapter 3 Section III

  “His forefinger stroked his upper lip and his voice was dangerously polite” (Christie 59).

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given

to an animal or an object.

• Simile

• Irony

• Personification

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4