6th Grade ELA PSSA Review (Part 2)

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"I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse." is an example of what type of figurative language?

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exaggeration

Front

personification, simile, alliteration, metaphor, hyperbole, imagery are examples of...

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figurative language

Front

Personal point of view; relates events as they are perceived by a single character.

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first person

Front

One afternoon, a year and a half before... is an example of what literary device?

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flashback

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Device used in literature to create expectation or set up an explanation of later developments.

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foreshadowing

Front

The intense chocolate aroma reached her nostrils and distracted Mandy from completing homework.

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imagery

Front

Word/phrase meaning exact opposite of literal meaning; actual result is different than expected

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irony

Front

The author's central thought; the topic sentence of a paragraph.

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Main Idea

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The lake was a moonlit mirror.

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Metaphor

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The prevailing emotions of a work or of the author in his or her creation of the work

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mood