STAAR Vocabulary PT3

Define: personification

• compares two things without using like or as

• giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• an extreme exaggeration

• compares two things using like or as

Which answer choice is an example of personification?

• The teacher talked for one thousand minutes.

• The sun smiled at us as we walked to the bus stop.

• You are my sunshine!

• Her dress is as sparkly as a diamond.

Define: metaphor

• compares two things without using like or as

• giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• an extreme exaggeration

• compares two things using like or as

Which answer choice is an example of metaphor?

• Her dress is as sparkly as a diamond.

• The sun smiled at us as we walked to the bus stop.

• The teacher talked for one thousand minutes.

• You are my sunshine!

Define: simile

• compares two things without using like or as

• giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• an extreme exaggeration

• compares two things using like or as

Which answer choice is an example of simile?

• The sun smiled at us as we walked to the bus stop.

• The teacher talked for one thousand minutes.

• Her dress is as sparkly as a diamond.

• You are my sunshine!

Define: hyperbole

• compares two things without using like or as

• giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• an extreme exaggeration

• compares two things using like or as

Which answer choice is an example of hyperbole?

• The sun smiled at us as we walked to the bus stop.

• The teacher talked for one thousand minutes.

• You are my sunshine!

• Her dress is as sparkly as a diamond.

Define: foreshadow

• a phrase with no literal meaning

• expressing something through the use of items

• to predict what will happen in the future

• descriptive language that appeals to your senses

Define: idiom

• a phrase with no literal meaning

• expressing something through the use of items

• to predict what will happen in the future

• descriptive language that appeals to your senses