Context Clues and Figurative Language Review

Using context clues which definition best matches vanity?

• extreme obsession with collecting books

• excessive pride in one's own appearance

• filled with a feeling of love

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Using context clues which definition best matches enamored?

• extreme obsession with collecting books

• excessive pride in one's own appearance

• filled with a feeling of love

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Read the passage. Match the sentence to the correct figurative language.

• The smallest village on the planet

• Alliteration

• They are busy like bees

• Simile

• Each day brings adventure and joy

• Personification

• Happiness is friendship, wisdom and faith

• Metaphor

• Brave blue creatures

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What does it mean to use "context clues" to find the meaning of a word?

• Use a thesaurus to determine the meaning of a target word.

• Use the words and phrases around the target word to determine the meaning.

• Use a dictionary to determine the meaning of a target word.

• Use the title of a story to determine the meaning of a target word.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Use context clues to determine the meaning of "patronized."

• looked up to someone like a father

• often went to the same store

• made fun of someone's parents

• treated someone as inferior

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "ingenuity."

• the quality of being a rule follower

• the quality of being original and clever

• having a law degree

• the ability to change people's minds

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What type of figurative language is this: Humanity will be stirred up like an antheap.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What type of figurative language is this: The empty street felt lonely.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The breeze beneath my wings held me aloft with its gentle hands is an example of what type of figurative language?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.8.4