Poetic & Literary Devices [worksheet]

Poetic & Literary Devices [worksheet]

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English

10th Grade

Easy

CCSS
L.4.5, W.11-12.2D, L.8.5A

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Hyperbole

Back

An extreme exaggeration or overstatement; often used for emphasis.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Connotation

Back

The idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Metaphor

Back

A comparison of two unlike things where one word is used to designate the other without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

Words that imitate the sound that they are naming.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Pun

Back

A play on words to illustrate more than one meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Simile

Back

A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Personification

Back

Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities or objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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