4/12/24 NSCAS Reading Review (2)

Means extreme exaggeration

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Compares 2 unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

Using human qualities or characteristics to describe non human things

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

What type of figurative language is this: The leaves danced in the wind.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is this: This box is so heavy it weights a ton!

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What does this metaphor mean? Tim has a car, but it's a dinosaur.

• Tim loves the T-Rex

• Tim's car is really old

• Tim went to Jurassic Park

• Tim's car is small

Shows the relationship between what happened and why

• Descriptive

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Sequential

Explains events or steps in order to tell how something is down or how something happens

• Descriptive

• Sequential

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

The author shows how two or more things are similar or different

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Descriptive

The main idea is stated as the problem and the supporting details state the solution

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Sequential