Figurative Diagnostic

What is an Onomatopoeia?

• Comparison with like/as

• Exaggeration

• Time, place, mood

• A sound word

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is a Simile?

• Comparison with no signal words

• Comparison with like/as/than

• Human action given to something non-human

• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is a Metaphor?

• Comparison with like/as/than

• Exaggeration

• Comparison usually with no signal words (sometimes: is, was, were, a)

• Human action/trait given to something non-human

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is Personification?

• Exaggeration

• Human action/trait given to something non-human

• Repetition of a consonant sound

• Comparison with like/as

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is Alliteration?

• Comparison with like/as

• Repetition of a consonant sound

• Exaggeration

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is a Hyperbole?

• Comparison with like/as

• Repetition of a consonant sound

• A group of lines in a poem

• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

_ is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds. 

• personification
• metaphor 
• alliteration
• alligator

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which sentence shows an example of a simile? 

• "The paper was white." 
• "The paper was snow white." 
• "The paper was as white as snow." 
• "The snow was white." 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket.
• The snow is like a white blanket.
• Time is greater than money.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of a hyperbole?

• This month was like a race.
• I am so hungry, I could eat this whole house. 
• My friend is like a mind reader.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A