Figurative Language, Mood/Tone, Fiction Genres

What is mood?

• The feeling the reader gets from a story.
• The dialogue in a story.
• The author's attitude about a topic.
• A type of figurative language.

What is tone in writing?

• The reader's attitude toward the subject.
• The author's attitude toward the subject.
• The reader's feelings about the subject.
• The sound that comes from a piano when you press a key. 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"

• Annoying
• Excited
• Calm
• Scary

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration
• A little exaggeration
• Similar sounds
• Compares two things using like or as

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

"The ship sailed swiftly towards the shore" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Theme
• Metaphor
• Style
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinoccho's." This is an example of an _____________. 

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4