Figurative Language STAAR Review Part 1

This image is an example of a(n)

HINT: Two of the four options is correct...

• Pun

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What TWO terms are being used in the following line (Pick 2):

"...my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child"

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

The following line is an example of (Pick 2):

But old fears have a way of clinging like cobwebs, and so when we sighted the tumbledown shack, we had to stop to reinforce our nerves.

• symbolism

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does use like, as, or than

• words that sound like their meaning

Which is a metaphor?

• The teacher gives a lot of work.

• The teacher's bark was worse than her bite.

• The teacher has dogs that bark.

• Beware of a dog that barks.

The fire grabs the man

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Read paragraph 23.

Like two riders trying to hop into the same taxi, synthetic fats compete with essential fatty acids for entry into your metabolic pathways, with processed fats muscling essential fats out of the way most of the time. This metabolic mix-up undermines the healing powers of essential fatty acids.

What is the effect of the simile on the overall passage?

• It draws a connection between the nutritional values of synthetic fats and essential fatty acids.

• It highlights that synthetic fats are more prevalent and accessible than most essential fatty acids.

• It poses a topic for future scientific inquiry about the relationships between synthetic fats and essential fatty acids.

• It expresses the scientific point that consuming synthetic fats leaves little room for the nourishment provided by essential fatty acids.

Definition: the repetition of the same vowel sounds inside of words that are close together

• assonance

• alliteration

• irony

• metaphor

The smoke is as black as night

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification