SOL 7.4 Terms Review

Figurative Language is

• Text enriched by word images and figures of speech; not meant to be taken literally

• Figure of speech using like or as to make a comparison

• Figure of speech making a comparison by saying on thing is another thing

• The meaning or feeling associated with certain words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A simile is

• the actual definition or meaning of a word

• an intentional exaggeration

• making a comparison using like or as

• making a comparison not using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A metaphor is

• a word part added to the beginning of a word.

• making a comparison where one thing is called another thing

• giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• a silly statement not meant to be taken literally

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Personification is

• the meaning or feeling associated with certain words

• making a comparison using like or as

• an intentional exaggeration

• giving human qualities to nonhuman things

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Hyperbole is

• an intentional exaggeration

• making a comparison by saying one thing is another

• using clues in the sentence to determine meaning

• giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An idiom is

• a silly statement not meant to be taken literally

• giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• text enriched by word images or figures of speech not meant to be taken literally

• the actual definition of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Connotation is

• making a comparison using like or as

• the meaning or feeling associated with certain words

• the actual definition or meaning of a word

• a word part added to the end of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Denotation is

• The base part of a word after all affixes have been removed

• words that are formed by putting roots together

• a silly statement not meant to be taken literally

• the actual definition or meaning of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

A root word is

• the meaning or feeling associated with certain words

• a word part that is added to the end of a word

• the base part of the word after all affixes have been removed

• words that are formed by putting roots together

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is an affix?

• words that are formed by putting roots together

• a comparison using like or as

• a word part added to another words to make a NEW word

• clues in the text that help determine meaning

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D