ELA Final Exam Review

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• literal

• figurative

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• pun

• simile

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The firework exploded in the air, making a big boom"

is an example of...

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

• simile

• alliteration

• pun

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4