The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is hyperbole?

• an exaggeration
• the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience
• a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood
• comparison between two different things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is simile?

• the dictionary definition of a word
• comparison between two different things using like or as
• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
• a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is imagery?

• language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature
• the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences
• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is an example of

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

What is a pronoun?

• A word

• A word that replaces a noun

• A word that ends in self

• A word that the pronoun is referring to