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This word means a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using like or as.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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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

This word means a comparison that draws the comparison out and compares the two things at length and in many ways.

• archaic language

• conceit

• extended metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This word is a figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics.

• metaphor

• allusions

• inverted syntax

• personification

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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

This word means a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis.

• hyperbole

• allusions

• extended metaphor

• archaic language

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This word means a reference to another work (text, art, etc.).

• inverted language

• hyperbole

• allusion

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This means words that were once common use but that are now considered old-fashioned or out-of-date.

• extended metaphor

• conceit

• archaic language

• inverted syntax

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

This means sentence structure in which the expected order of words is reversed.

• conceit

• hyperbole

• allusion

• inverted syntax

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This is an expression whose overall meaning is different from that of the individual words.

• idiom

• conceit

• hyperbole

• allusion

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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

This means an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified). 

• conceit

• apostrophe

• hyperbole

• conceit

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This is a startling metaphor or other figure of speech (a surprising connection between two things).

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• conceit

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9