February Journal Check

A simile is:

• Giving human like qualities

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
• A figure of speech that compares two different things

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things (saying something is something else)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A hyperbole is:

• An exaggerated statement or claim
• A figure of speech that compares two different things

• A factual statement
• Sound Words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Alliteration is:

• Repetition of connected words

• Repetition of the same sound or letter with words using a vowel

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words (consonant)

• Repetition of different letters at the beginning of closely connected words

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Metaphor is:

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things
• A figure of speech that compares two different things using "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration

• A figure of speech that exists

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification is:

• Giving human characteristics to non-human objects
• Giving plants the ability to feel emotions
• Giving inanimate objects the ability to speak
• Giving animal characteristics to non-living objects

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Oxymoron is:

• A figure of speech that uses contradicting words

• What you call your sibling when you're mad at them

• A figure of speech

• A figure of speech that compares two different things

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Onomatopoeia is:

• A funny word

• A figure of speech that compares two different things

• A form of poetry
• A word that imitates the sound it represents

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Imagery is:

• An image in your mind

• A figure of speech that compares two things

• Descriptive language using contradicting words

• Descriptive language used to create a vivid mental picture (five senses)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Meter is:

• A measure of weight in the imperial system
• A type of musical instrument
• The basic rhythmic structure in verse composed of the number of stressed and unstressed syllables per line

• A unit of time in the metric system

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Line Break is:

• A special character that moves the cursor to the next line without starting a new paragraph.
• A symbol used to indicate the end of a sentence
• A punctuation mark used to separate items in a list
• The visual end of a line which may be used to emphasize rhythm and sound, create meaning and visual effects, and substitute punctuation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10