PSSA Vocabulary Part 1 ELA

______________________ is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_______________________ is a word or group of words which appeal to the reader's senses.

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_______________________ is an object or idea given human qualities or human form.

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

_______________________ is a figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object (compares).

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

_____________ is an implied reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.

• allusion

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

____________________ is the use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning; the actual result is different than the expected result.

• allusion

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

_____________________ is the use of words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning.

• allusion

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

________________________ is a word that is opposite of another word.

• antonym

• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

______________________ is one of two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings.

• antonym

• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

_______________________ is making an overstatement or to stretch the truth.

• exaggeration

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D