8th ELA Milestones Review pt. 2

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Compares 2 unlike things by stating that one thing is another thing.

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Metaphor: A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'She is a sleeping log.'

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Phrases that mean something different from the words they say; common expressions/sayings.

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Idioms: Expressions that have a figurative meaning different from their literal meaning. Example: 'It’s raining cats and dogs.'

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Narrative voice that uses pronouns like I, me, mine, we, us, ours.

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First person point of view: A narrative perspective where the narrator is a character in the story, using first-person pronouns.

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To refer to something implicitly/without directly stating it.

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Allusion: A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. Example: 'Her relationship was an allusion to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.'

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A huge exaggeration.

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Hyperbole: An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Example: 'I tried a thousand times.'

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile: A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Her smile was like sunshine.'

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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Personification: A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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A sound device that repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.

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Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example: 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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A word that imitates a sound.

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Onomatopoeia: A word that phonetically resembles the sound it describes. Example: 'Buzz', 'hiss', 'clang'.

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A statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth.

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Paradox: A statement that contradicts itself but may still be true. Example: 'This statement is false.'