Figurative Language Post-Test

The literal meaning of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The feeling or emotion attached to words.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The total opposite of an object or person.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Compares two unlike things using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

A nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4