Wikipedia provides a detailed definition of figure of speech, and then includes hyperlinks to different types of figures of speech.

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional
• This content is from Wikipedia

Common Core

L.11-12.5.a L.6.5.a L.7.5.a L.8.5.a L.9-10.5.a RI.6.4 RI.7.4 RL.6.4 RI.8.4 RI.9-10.4 RL.8.4