Night Vocabulary/Figurative Language

He was poor and lived in utter penury. As a rule, our townspeople, while they did help the needy, did not particularly like them.

Using context clues determine the meaning of the underlined word.

• happiness

• extreme poverty

• punishment

• extreme sadness

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.K.5D

I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine. I was dragging this emaciated body that was still such a weight.

Determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.

• thin, weak

• healthy, strong

• dirty, soiled

• dead, lifeless

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.K.5D

The SS made us increase our pace. "Faster, you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs!"

What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Every bomb that hit filled us with joy, gave us renewed confidence.

What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Falling to the ground, his face stained by soup, the man writhed a few seconds at the base of the cauldron, and then he was still.

Determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.

• to remain motionless

• to twist or squirm

• to drag

• to scream

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

I nodded, once, ten times, endlessly. As if my head had decided to say yes for all eternity.

What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Standing in the middle of the car, in the faint light filtering through the windows, she looked like a withered tree in a field of wheat.

What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Annihilate an entire people? Wipe out a population dispersed throughout so many nations?

Determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.

• entertain

• exterminate

• meet essential needs

• provide shelter for

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.K.5D

My father was a cultured man, rather unsentimental. He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin.

Determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.

• full of emotions

• lack of showing emotion

• determined

• full of joy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

The doors were nailed, the way back irrevocably cut off.

Determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.

• in a way that cannot be reversed or changed

• in a way that can be changed

• in a quick way

• in a loud way

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C