STAAR Vocabulary-Figurative Language Unit

"Pop!" "Crackle" "Bang!" "Buzz" are all examples of __________________________________

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• omomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Why did Carla's cockroach crawl onto Chris?" is an example of __________________________

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The conversation between two or more characters is known as the _______________________

• hyperbole

• stanza

• simile

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The tornado angrily tore apart our house and tossed the car into the air" is an example of

_______________________________________

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Robert quietly walked through the damp, shadowy haunted house. He jumped in fright as he

walked into cobwebs which clung stubbornly to his head. The house had a faint smell of old cigar

smoke and perfume that a grandma might wear." This is an example of ______________________

• idiom

• hyperbole

• imagery

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Her wedding dress was as white as a snowy mountaintop" is an example of _________________

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Story is to paragraph as poem is to_________

• simile

• stanza

• imagery

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

"Thirty students were paralyzed with terror when their teacher showed them the security

camera footage of their behavior with the sub. They knew their lives were over."

This is an example of __________________________________

• simile

• alliteration

• imagery

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The new teacher is the sweetest angel" is an example of ______________________________

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"I need you to get your act together, straighten up, and fly right!" shows examples of an

___________________________

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoiea

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5