Stylistic Features Comp Review English 7

What is Personification?

• Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase

• The use of 'like' or 'as' to make a connection

• A contradictory statement that may seem silly but actually makes sense

• Applying human characteristics to inanimate objects

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is Simile?

• Using 'like' or 'as' to make a connection

• Applying human characteristics to inanimate objects

• Used to bring light to harsh or difficult ideas

• An exaggerated statement used to convey a point

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following does NOT show Juxtaposition?

• All's fair in love and war

• The lemon was tangy and bittersweet

• It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

• That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

A comparison between two unlike things is...

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an Idiom?

• The lemon was tangy and bittersweet

• My teacher told me I was on fire after I aced my quiz

• The dancer was as graceful as a swan

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

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is Onomatopoeia?

• Recurring ideas in literary works

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that imitate sounds

• Repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is NOT an example of Alliteration?

• How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

• She sells seashells by the sea shore

• Professional pumpkin pickers are prone to pick the plumpest pumpkins

• The slithery snake hissed at my brother

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Oxymoron?

• A short phrase in which contradictory words are placed side by side

• An exaggerated statement used to state a point

• A phrase that contradicts itself but still somehow makes sense

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What type of imagery pertains to the sense of smell?

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following describes Gustatory Imagery?

• The air smelled salty by the sea

• The book was old and yellowed

• The blanket was as soft as a cloud

• The lemon was tangy and bittersweet

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4