Introduction to Language Features

What is an adjective?

• A doing word

• A person, place or thing

• A descriptive word

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." This is an example of _____________________.

• Style
• Plot
• Repetition
• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

• A type of poem in which two things are compared

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• His hair is flame red

• Like a flame, his hair is red

• In the sunlight, his hair is flame

• His hair is red as a flame

A simile...

• tells what a person likes

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• compares two similar things

• tells what a person is doing

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The mouse was quiet

• The mouse was whisper-quiet

• The mouse was quiet as a whisper

• The mouse's footsteps sounded whispery

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration

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. 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.

• True

• False

Which is the best example of alliteration?

• Only three girls came to the picnic.

• She wants to see that movie.

• I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies.

• The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!