ELA M-Step Review

Descriptive or figurative language in writing where the author uses words that appeal to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• rhyme
• poem
• simile
• imagery

A group of words arranged in a row.

• line

• stanza

• rhythm

• anonymous

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• personification
• poem
• metaphor
• simile

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• imagery

When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example:  cat and hat

• metaphor
• rhythm
• rhyme
• poem

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• stanza

A group of lines in a poem

• metaphor
• simile
• line
• stanza

After Dan climbed the steep hill, his legs were rubber.

What type of figurative language is used?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

What does this mean?

When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle.

• very slow

• moves pretty quickly

• still beats everyone

• he's super fast