Diction Literary Devices

parting is such sweet sorrow

• oxymoron

• paradox

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

"I told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" is an example of

• Hyperbowl
• Hyperbole
• Hyperbully
• Hiperbolie

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.

• Imagery
• Image
• Imagination
• Imagerie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A word or line repeated to evoke an emotion or contain rhythm

• Repitition
• Repetion
• Repetition
• Repiteteion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Writing techniques used by authors to engage readers beyond the literal meaning of words

• literary devices or literary elements
• figurative language or figures of speech
• poetic devices or sound devices
• All of these

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The _____________________ meaning of words does not mean what it said.
It can be connotation or the feeling / idea we give a word.

• Literal
• Figurative
• Literally
• Figure 8

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

That is water under the bridge

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Jody arrived to the birthday party in her birthday suit.

• Idiom

• Euphemisms

• Tautology

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The trees stood at attention as the majestic breeze ran through the town

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Betty bought a bit of butter but she found the butter bitter so she bought a better butter but that butter was also bitter.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4