Front

Anaphora

Back

The repetition of part of a sentence, usually the beginning of the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Allusion

Back

A quick reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from historic, cultural, political, or literary importance.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Metaphor

Back

An implicit, implied, or even hidden comparison between two unrelated things that share some characteristics in common.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Antithesis

Back

Two opposite ideas put together to bring out the contrasting ideas; usually written in a parallel grammatical structure.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Front

Idiom

Back

A phrase or expression that has a meaning other than the literal meaning; is hard to understand if you are not from the region the idiom is from.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Alliteration

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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Assonance

Back

The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Irony

Back

A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Metonymy

Back

A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Front

Synecdoche

Back

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4