Figurative Language Review

1. A comparison that uses like or as. Ex. She is as sweet as honey.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2. A comparison that does not use like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3. Human characteristics are given to non-human things. Ex. The river cried all night long.

• Repetition

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4. When consonant sounds are repeated at the beginning of words. Ex. The snake slithered swiftly to sea shore.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The main character or hero.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Words or phrases are repeated to emphasize an idea.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• repetition

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In literature, mood can best be defined as

• the purpose for which the text was written

• the way the text makes the reader feel

• the way the author feels about the subject of the text

• the level of suspense the text creates

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The part of the story where things are beginning to

wind down, leading to the resolution.

• Falling action

• Climax

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The part of the plot where the story is building

towards the climax.

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A tv game show

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6