Literary Devices

Front

What is the term for human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea?

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What type of poetry does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme and aims to reproduce the natural rhythms of spoken language?

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Free verse

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the perspective from which a story is told called?

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Point of view

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Front

What is the term for writing that humorously comments on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions to bring about change?

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Satire

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Front

What is the use of words that imitate sounds, such as hiss, buzz, swish, and crunch?

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Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

What literary device involves an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What literary device gives an inanimate object or abstract idea human characteristics?

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is the term for a recurring theme, subject, or idea in a literary work?

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Motif

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Front

What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D