Figurative Language Phantom Tollbooth

Front

Definition of Personification

Back

Animal or object given human traits.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Definition of Imagery

Back

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Definition of Motif

Back

recurring element with symbolic significance in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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Symbolism

Back

represents beyond its literal sense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Definition of Alliteration

Back

Repetitive sounds at the start of words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Term for "savory steam spiraling slowly to the ceiling"

Back

alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Term represented in the quote: “Ragamuffin, rigmarole, synonym bun” (89)

Back

Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Term for "Easy as falling off a log"

Back

Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

Term for "extremely soiled bird who looked more like a dirty floor mop"

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Term for the quote, "You must be the fat man...the thinnest one in the world"

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A