Literary Devices

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Extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Direct comparison of unlike things, not using like or as.

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Metaphor

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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simile

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Same sounds at the start of words in a sentence.

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alliteration

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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A word that sounds like the sound it represents.

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onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Non-human object given human traits or emotions

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Personification

Tags

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5

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Literary device in: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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Personification

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Literary device in: 'The cake was so delicious, it was like a slice of heaven.'

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Simile

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Literary device in: 'The sun is a golden ball in the sky.'

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Metaphor

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Literary device in: 'The rusty gate creaked and groaned as it opened.'

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Personification