Context Clues and Figurative Language Review

Using context clues which definition best matches vanity?

• extreme obsession with collecting books

• excessive pride in one's own appearance

• filled with a feeling of love

Using context clues which definition best matches enamored?

• extreme obsession with collecting books

• excessive pride in one's own appearance

• filled with a feeling of love

Read the passage. Match the sentence to the correct figurative language.

• Brave blue creatures

• Simile

• They are busy like bees

• Hyperbole

• Each day brings adventure and joy

• Personification

• Happiness is friendship, wisdom and faith

• Metaphor

• The smallest village on the planet

• Alliteration

What does it mean to use "context clues" to find the meaning of a word?

• Use a thesaurus to determine the meaning of a target word.

• Use the words and phrases around the target word to determine the meaning.

• Use a dictionary to determine the meaning of a target word.

• Use the title of a story to determine the meaning of a target word.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of "patronized."

• looked up to someone like a father

• often went to the same store

• made fun of someone's parents

• treated someone as inferior

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word "ingenuity."

• the quality of being a rule follower

• the quality of being original and clever

• having a law degree

• the ability to change people's minds

What type of figurative language is this: Humanity will be stirred up like an antheap.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is this: The empty street felt lonely.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The breeze beneath my wings held me aloft with its gentle hands is an example of what type of figurative language?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration