Literary Terms and stuff

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Words or phrases that are repeated for emphasis

• rhyme

• rhythm

• refrain

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How many stripes are on the American flag?

• 50

• 26

• 73

• 13

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.3

Personification is

• giving nonhuman things human qualities or characteristics

• an extreme exaggeration

• a word that imitates a sound

• a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Words or phrases that help with the meaning of unknown words

• context clues

• antonyms

• synonyms

• multiple meaning words

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Figurative language --

• is language that should be taken literally

• means exactly what it says

• is plain and ordinary writing

• has meaning beyond the literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Drum : Beat :: ____ : Burn

• Tire

• Guitar

• Match

• Fire

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Writing made up of sentences and paragraphs is

• context clues

• hyperbole

• prose

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A sentence that asks a question is called a(n) ____ sentence.

• declarative

• interrogative

• imperative

• exclamatory

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of these is NOT an example of figurative language?

• Mother was as angry as a hornet.

• Two is better than one.

• The bee buzzed between the flowers.

• I had never been to New York before, so I was determined to paint the town red.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4