Unit 4 Vocabulary Terms

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a simile?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is personification?

• A) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• B) A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly

• C) Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or abstract ideas

• D) An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is hyperbole?

• A) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• B) A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly

• C) Giving human qualities to animals

• D) An exaggerated statement used for emphasis or humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is irony?

• The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is an allusion?

• A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is an analogy?

• Comparisons between two pairs of words

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does it mean to cite?

• To quote or refer to a source as evidence or justification for an argument

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Giving human qualities to animals

• An exaggerated statement for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5