Figurative Language/Poetry Review

Define: Metaphor

• exaggeration for effect

• comparison of two or more things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”

• when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

• a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

• comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Define: Dialect

• exaggeration for effect

• comparison of two or more things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”

• when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

• a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

• comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Define: Simile

• exaggeration for effect

• comparison of two or more things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”

• when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

• a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

• comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Define: Hyperbole

• exaggeration for effect

• comparison of two or more things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”

• when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

• a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

• comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Define: Personification

• when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

• giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

• exaggeration for effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Define: Onomatopoeia

• when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

• giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

• exaggeration for effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Define: Imagery

• when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

• giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

• exaggeration for effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define: Irony

• when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

• giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

• exaggeration for effect

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What type of Irony is this? Being sarcastic to a friend.

• Dramatic

• Virtual

• Verbal

• Distant

• Situational

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What type of Irony is this? When we know something the characters do not.

• Dramatic

• Virtual

• Verbal

• Distant

• Situational

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A