Literary Terms

Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman or representing an abstract quality in human form

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Language used to create pictures in the mind of the reader.

It includes figurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader's experience through their 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

A figure of speech making a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing . These things may share some similarities.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe.

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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 feeling created by the poet for the reader.

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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 feeling created by the poet or author toward the subject of the poem

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A combination of the emotions or feelings the poet or author conveys to the reader through the description of characters, objects and settings.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech making a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing . These things may share some similarities.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An implied direct or indirect reference to a person, event, thing, a part of the text, or another literary work.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4