Figurative Language Vocabulary

Which of the following best describes mood in a text?

• The author's attitude

• The feeling or atmosphere created

• The main idea

• The setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A direct comparison between two unlike things

• An exaggerated statement

• A sound word

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the denotation of a word?

• The emotional or cultural meaning

• The dictionary definition

• The sound of the word

• The grammatical function

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is tone in literature?

• The time and place of the story

• The author's attitude toward the subject

• The main character's personality

• The plot of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is an idiom?

• A phrase that means exactly what it says

• A phrase with a meaning different from the literal words

• A type of poem

• A sound word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does personification mean?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A play on words

• A repeated consonant sound

• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The clock ticked loudly.

• She is as quiet as a mouse.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The stars danced in the sky.

• Her smile was a ray of sunshine.

• He was as brave as a lion.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The car was a rocket on the highway.

• The leaves whispered secrets to the wind.

• The cake was as sweet as honey.

• The dog barked loudly.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which sentence contains alliteration?

• The cat sat on the mat.

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

• The sun was a golden ball.

• The thunder roared loudly.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4