Author's Craft

Comparisons between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" are called...

• similes

• alliteration

• metaphors

• dialects

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using...

• dialect

• personification

• characterization

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on."

This is an example of a:

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

"Your explanation is as clear as mud."

This is an example of:

• sarcasm

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"Lightning danced across the sky. "

This is an example of:

• dialect

• idiom

• personification

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Don't cut any corners."

This is an example of:

• hyperbole

• tone

• sarcasm

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"That was the straw that broke the camel's back."

This is an example of:

• repetition

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A figure of speech that makes reference to a well-known person, event, or place is called...

• personification

• illusion

• imagery

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"If I told you once then I told you a thousand times to clean your room!"
This quote is an example of which type of figurative language?

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"The field was a rainbow of colors!"
This quote is an example of which type of figurative language?

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
• metaphor