Figurative Language Pretest

Denotation

• The literal meaning of a word.

• The feeling or emotion attached to words.

• A statement that contradicts itself or 2 ideas that cannot both be true.

• A joke that makes a play on words.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Connotation

• The literal meaning of a word.

• The feeling or emotion attached to words.

• A statement that contradicts itself or 2 ideas that cannot both be true.

• A joke that makes a play on words.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Paradox

• The literal meaning of a word.

• The feeling or emotion attached to words.

• A statement that contradicts itself or 2 ideas that cannot both be true.

• A joke that makes a play on words.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Pun

• The literal meaning of a word.

• The feeling or emotion attached to words.

• A statement that contradicts itself or 2 ideas that cannot both be true.

• A joke that makes a play on words.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Euphemism

• A pleasant-sounding word used to describe something of a delicate nature.

• The total opposite of an object or person.

• Compares two unlike things using like or as.

• Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Antithesis

• A pleasant-sounding word used to describe something of a delicate nature.

• The total opposite of an object or person.

• Compares two unlike things using like or as.

• Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Simile

• A pleasant-sounding word used to describe something of a delicate nature.

• The total opposite of an object or person.

• Compares two unlike things using like or as.

• Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphor

• A pleasant-sounding word used to describe something of a delicate nature.

• The total opposite of an object or person.

• Compares two unlike things using like or as.

• Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification

• A nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

• A brief indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

• Repeating a consonant sound throughout a line of work.

• Repeating a vowel sound throughout a line of work.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Allusion

• A nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

• A brief indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

• Repeating a consonant sound throughout a line of work.

• Repeating a vowel sound throughout a line of work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9