APEX Language Usage Terms

A two letter word for words and phrases that mean something other than what they say...

A type of figurative language that uses an extreme exaggeration to make a point...

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities....

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”...

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A type of figurative language in which one thing is said to be another thing...

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated for emphasis...

• Refrain

• Repetition

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The author’s attitude toward a subject...

• Refrain

• Repetition

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song...

• Refrain

• Repetition

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The term for any description that appeals to the senses is called...

The most direct or literal meaning of a word or a word’s definition is called...

• Connotation

• Denotation