English I December STAAR Review

She is as sweet as pie!

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Life is a journey.

• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration
• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an alliteration?

• suggests something is another

• gives human qualities to a non-human thing

• repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

• compares two things using "like" or "as"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is an alliteration?

• Tony ran like a cheetah.

• The muffin called my name.

• "Bang," the race started!

• The dog dug a deep hole.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Irony

Exclaiming “Oh great!” after failing an exam is...

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is "sensory language"?

• language that connects to the five senses to create an image or description.

• language that has been censored (censorship)

• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Determine the meaning of the metaphor in the sentence below:

The birthday party was a carnival for the room full of young children.

• The birthday party was crowded and not fun for the children.

• The birthday party had booths and rides like a carousel and a rollercoaster.

• The birthday party had some circus acts and parades.

• The birthday party was full of fun things to do and eat.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine the meaning of the metaphor in the sentence below:

In the school’s race, Ryan was a cheetah.

• Ryan tripped the other runners.

• Ryan was a fast runner.

• Ryan was smarter than the others.

• Ryan was the loser in the race.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine the meaning of the metaphor in the sentence below:

To me, life is a glass half-full.

• All that the person needs is a drink of water.

• The person sees life clearly in the same way that a crytal glass is clear.

• The person is bothered because the glass is not full.

• The person tries to focus on the positive things in life.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is theme? 

• The emotion or feeling of a text. 
• A one-word description of the text. 
• The deeper meaning of a text that may be stated directly or indirectly.
• The summary of all the main ideas in a text. 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2