Unit 4 Vocabulary (Figurative Language)

Words or phrases in writing that should not be taken literally:

• antonyms
• sensory details
• figurative language
• synonyms

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An obvious and impossible exaggeration is:

• hyperbole
• simile
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which word means a study of the way that two things are the same and different? 

• challenging
• compare
• comparison
• characteristic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which word is defined as a quality or feature of a person or thing? 

• compare
• characteristic
• challenging
• character

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The word compare is defined as...

• a person in a story, movie or play 
• difficult or requiring a lot of effort
• a study of the way that two things are the same and different
• to look at what is the same and what is different between two things

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The word character means...

• a person in a story, movie or play 
• a quality or feature of a person or thing
• to look at what is the same and what is different about two things
• difficult or requiring a lot of effort

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The definition difficult or requiring a lot of effort goes with the term...

• character
• challenging
• characteristic
• comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C