Figurative Language Review ELA 7

Using a word or phrase that does NOT have its normal, everyday, literal meaning

• Literal language

• Figurative language

• English language

• Language

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.E2.2B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2I

Indication of a future event

• Flashback

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.E1.6C

TEKS.MATH.6.7C

TEKS.MATH.8.7C

A pipe is going to burst, but before it does, the author writes a scene where the family notices a small dark spot on the ceiling, but ignores it. What is this an example of?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.6.7C

TEKS.MATH.8.7C

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

A fire station burning down is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.1C

TEKS.ELA.E1.5F

TEKS.ELA.E2.5F

TEKS.ELA.E3.5F

TEKS.ELA.E4.5F

The phrase "The sun smiled at us" is an example of what?

• Flashback

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

A word or phrase used to compare two unlike objects, ideas, thoughts or feelings to provide a clearer description.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

The phrase "The curtain of night fell upon us" is an example of....

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Flashback

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.8.9D

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B