EDUC345_Language Arts_Revision

Animals, ideas, or objects are given human characteristics or forms.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

An exaggeration or overstatement made to illustrate a point.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• Assonance

Repetition of similar vowel sounds in two or more words.

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Pun

It is used to connect to opposite ideas simultaneously.

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Homophones

________ helps learners acquire accurate pronunciation.

• Phonics

• Grammar

• Reading

• Words

_______ students know more words than low achievers do.

• High achieving

• Intelligent

• Multiple intelligent

• Lazy

________ give meaning to human experience, and they're a powerful way of knowing and learning.

• Stories

• Movies

• Audio Listening

• Speech

It involves using words that imitate the sounds associated with the action or object like hiss, achoo, boom, and bang etc.

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Huperbole

Match the following

• Alliteration

• used to replace stronger and harsher phrases. These are generally milder or more acceptable terms that you can use in your talks.

• Simile

• It compares two things that are different but have similar qualities using the words ‘like’ or ‘as.’

• Idioms

• It is similar sounding consonant (non-vowel letters) at the beginning of each word.

• Metaphor

• A comparison between two things that have something in common but are in general different from each other and don't use words like or as.

• Euphemism

• Phrases with figurative meanings, such as "spill the beans". They can be confusing because they must be interpreted figuratively rather than literally.

​ (a)   knowledge plays a critical role in students’ academic success​.

• Word
• Cognitive
• social