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Figurative Language and Literary Devices

Determine the meaning of figurative and connotative language in context, analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, and identify literary devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, and irony

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Explain a figurative phrase, its meaning in context and a supported effect on tone. Use a supplied companion story to explain an allusion.

Explain a figurative phrase, its meaning in context and a supported effect on tone. Use a supplied companion story to explain an allusion.

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  • Identify a metaphor or simile in a passage and explain its effect on the reader
  • Explain how an author's word choice creates a particular tone (e.g., menacing, humorous, melancholic)
  • Recognise an allusion to a myth, the Bible, or another text and explain what it adds to the meaning
“When your child reads a passage containing a metaphor, irony, or allusion, can they explain what the author really meant — going beyond the literal words to describe the effect that device creates for the reader?”

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Type
Conceptual
Subject
English
Domain
Reading Comprehension
Age range
Ages 11–14

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