Figurative language - terms

What does an author use to create imagery?

• facts and opinions

• main ideas

• five senses

• exaggerated text

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Words that represent sounds are known as:

• imagery

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When the beginning sound of words is repeated, this is an example of:

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When the author uses exaggerated text, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A symbol is:

• a thing that represents or stands for something else

• a word whose sound suggests its meaning

• using words to create a mental picture for the reader

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An idiom is:

• an extreme exaggeration used to make a point

• an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of individual words

• a word whose sound suggests its meaning

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A synonym for figurative language is __________ because all figurative language includes imagery:

• sensory language

• symbolized language

• fresh language

• stimulated language

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4