EXAM-1st 9wks

A comparison using the words like or as is called a __________.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A figure of speech that gives human traits to nonhuman things is called __________.

• Personification

• Irony

• Allusion

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A phrase combining two opposite words, such as jumbo shrimp, is an example of __________.

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A phrase that compares two things by saying one is the other is a __________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A word that takes the place of a noun is called a __________.

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The noun that a pronoun replaces is the __________.

• Antecedent

• Predicate

• Subject

• Object

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

The central message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn is the __________.

• Plot

• Theme

• Setting

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The sequence of events in a story is called the __________.

• Theme

• Plot

• Exposition

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The part of the plot where characters and setting are introduced is called the __________.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Words that imitate real sounds, such as buzz or clang, are examples of __________.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5