Literary Devices

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• assonance

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The indirect reference to a person, event or

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Plan ahead. It was not raining when Noah built the Ark." What is this an example of?

• antithesis

• chiasmus

• alliteration

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong. What is this an example of?

• antithesis

• chiasmus

• ethos

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another.

• foil

• hero

• denouement

• heroine

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In literature, ​ (a)   ​ is a reference in one text to another well-known text, person, event, or thing.

• an allusion

• a metaphor

• repetition

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A succession of words which are pleasing to the ear.

• style

• slang

• euphony

• epic

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated.

• Metonymy

• Motif

• Memoir

• Meter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A two-part sentence or phrase, where the second part is a reversal of the first.

• parallelism

• antithesis

• chiasmus

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

I have told you a thousand times to put your phone away. What is this an example of?

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A