Reading Enrichment

A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as' is called

• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is 

• idiom
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)

• simile
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other

• simile
• personification
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Name one way to learn about a character’s personality?

• Through dialogue of a character in another text.
• Reading backwards.
• The character's actions.
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

You must use the following skill to understand the theme of a text.

• Make Inferences
• Context Clues
• Be a genie
• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A person’s judgment or belief.

• fact
• opinion
• imagery
• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Writing that explains ideas or  that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

• fiction
• non-fiction
• sci-fi
• none of the above

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

• Personification
• Simile 
• Metaphor 
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

She was sneaky like a cat. What Figurative language is used.

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• symbolism