Unit 2 Review: Language Choice Examples

Find the example of ALLITERATION

• The stars danced in the sky.

• Sally sold snacks.

• Bye bye, butterfly!

• Horses are brown.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Find the example of PERSONIFICATION

• He's as tall as a skyscraper!

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The world is a stage.

• The sun smiled down on us.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Find the PUN

• I'm a big fan of whiteboards. They're re-markable!

• Your mother is a hamster.

• He's running a million miles an hour.

• The river ran swiftly through the valley.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Find the METAPHOR

• His hair is like a bird's nest.

• Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.

• Frank fainted and fell on the floor.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Find the HYPERBOLE

• The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• I've told you a million times to clean your room!

• The quiet whispers of the library were sharply contrasted by the loud chatter of the café next door.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Find the RHYME

• Horses saw "hee-haw" on the see-saw.

• The bright colors of the sunset were set against the dark silhouette of the trees.

• The trees whispered secrets to each other.

• Hamsters have hefty haunches.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Find the JUXTAPOSITION

• Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tuffet

• I'm reading a book on anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!

• The smooth surface of the lake was broken by the jagged rocks below.

• My backpack weighs a ton.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Name the figurative language being used in this example:

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Name the figurative language used in this example:

"The sun woke up early and peeked through the clouds."

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Name the figurative language used in this example:

"The fragrant smell of the flowers mingled with the pungent odor of the garbage dump."

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5