Grade 7 - Vocabulary: Figurative Language & Literary Devices

What type of figurative language makes a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• alliteration

• similie

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language makes a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of literary device uses the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words?

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of literary device is a word that represents a sound?

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of language is used to paint a picture in the reader's mind as they read?

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• metaphor

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The purpose of ________ is to use exaggeration to emphasize the writer's point.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The purpose of ________ & ____________ is use comparison statements to emphasize the writer's point.

• simile & imagery

• hyperbole & simile

• metaphor & hyperbole

• metaphor & simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

The purpose of ________ is to focus the reader's attention and create rhythm.

• imagery

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The purpose of ________ is to help the reader "hear" what is being described in the story.

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4