Figurative Language and Style Elements

this makes something a bigger deal than it is, an exaggeration

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• understatement

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

compares two unlike objects with a word of comparison for example, like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• flashback

• foreshadowing

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

story stops to go back in time to an earlier event

• understatement

• irony

• foreshadowing

• flashback

Answer explanation

Flashbacks give information from the past that is important to the present.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

gives a human quality to something not human

• idiom

• personification

• imagery

• irony

Answer explanation

Other examples:

The tree was dancing outside my window.

The tea kettle was screaming at me to pour the hot water.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

the repeated outline or event multiple times in a story

• irony

• dialect

• parallel episode

• flashback

Answer explanation

The bike symbol comes up several times in the story. First, Sandra's bike has a flat tire, next, Ernie won't let Alfonso use the bike, Then, Alfonso breaks his bike chain. Finally, the Ernie saves the day with the bike.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the makes something less than it really is

• understatement

• hyperbole

• flashback

• foreshadowing

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

reference to someone / something famous in a story

• idiom

• allusion

• symbol

• simile

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

an object that represents more than itself

• irony

• personification

• symbol

• metaphor

Answer explanation

Peace!!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a well known expression - not meant literally

• idiom

• understatement

• hyperbole

• dialect

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

hints or clues about an upcoming event in the story

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• idiom

• allusion

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5