Loves Vocabulary by Diane

Figures of speech that directly compare two unlike things are...

• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personifications
• "Like" or "As"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Love is the white light of emotion." is an example of...

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personifications
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I’m sure the etymology rambles back much farther than that, to a one-syllable word heavy as a heartbeat."  is an example of...

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personifications
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"As with all intoxicants, love comes in many guises and strengths."  is an example of...

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personifications
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Something that is difficult to grasp or explain is...

• intangible
• tangible
• prism
• opponent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Hate stalks the streets with dripping fangs, fear flies down narrow alleyways on leather wings..."  is an example of...

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Spirals or circular movements can also be known as...

• whirlpool
• gyration
• taproot
• conjugation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The main roots of a tree from which other roots grow is...

• whirlpool
• gyration
• taproot
• conjugation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The variation of a verb is a...

• whirlpool
• gyration
• taproot
• conjugation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The form or outward appearance of something is...

• guise
• bouquet
• batik
• increment

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E