Figurative Language/Context Clues

Imagery is

• a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

• representing a thing or idea as a person in art

• the forming of a word in imitation of a natural sound

• writing about objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to our five senses

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Authors often use context clues to help readers understand a word in a text. When an author gives you an inference in the text, the author

• shares the meaning of the unknown word in the text

• hints for the reader to make an educated guess to determine the meaning of the unknown word

• provides a description of the unknown word

• uses a word with similar meaning to the unknown word

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Hyperbole is

• the forming of a word that is similar to a sound

• exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• a word or phrase for one thing that refers to another thing in order to show that they are similar

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The following quote "I 'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A metaphor is

• a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show they are similar

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• the repetition of beginning sounds in two or more words

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Authors often use context clues to help readers understand a word in a text. When an author gives you antonym in the text, the author

• uses a non-example or a word with an opposite meaning to the unknown word

• provides a description or explanation of the unknown word

• uses a word with a similar meaning to the unknow word

• uses the meaning of the unknown word in the text

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Similes are

• exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally

• a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show that they are similar

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that appeals to the five senses

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The following quote "fresh off the boat" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The following quote "a sea of mostly white faces stares back at me" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The following quote "Dillon is running around like a headless chicken" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• imagery

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D