Author's Craft

This is apart of author’s craft, and it is used to help bring the writing to life.  This could be exaggeration, comparing things using like/as, or sound words.  

• Point of View 
• Author's Purpose 
• Static Character 
• Figurative Langauge 

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Her hair was a bright pineapple" is an example of what type of figurative language? 

• Hyperbole 
• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Personification 

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"When she tripped over something on stage, she fell on her head and it made a boom sound. " The highlighted word is an example of what?

• Simile 
• Onomatopheia
• Metaphor 
• Idiom 

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Comparisons between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" are called...

• similes

• alliteration

• metaphors

• dialects

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using...

• dialect

• personification

• characterization

• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Lightning danced across the sky. "

This is an example of:

• dialect

• idiom

• personification

• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Don't cut any corners."

This is an example of:

• hyperbole

• tone

• sarcasm

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"That was the straw that broke the camel's back."

This is an example of:

• repetition

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the repetition of the initial consonant sound?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Cadence

Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Rhythm

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration