Literary Terms and Author's Craft Practice

What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What kind of figurative language is being used?
Pasqually cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What kind of figurative language is being used?
The rooster smiled and winked at me.

• simile

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What kind of figurative language is being used?
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What kind of figurative language is being used?
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The best definition of theme is...

• The moral a writer is teaching.

• The message the author is trying to convey.

• A word that summarizes the story.

• The character's main problem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What are the five categories of the author's craft?

• Key Ideas, Details, Explicit Information, Implicit Information, Making Inferences,

• voice, mood, anecdote, language, hyperbole

• Preview, Question, Predict, Infer, Connect

• Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Proofreading, Publishing

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

"If I told you once then I told you a thousand times to clean your room!"
This quote is an example of which type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Select all that apply. Which of the following are specified as Word Craft techniques?

• Imagery

• Details

• Word Choice

• Vivid Verbs

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D