Identifying Figurative Language
a comparison of two seemingly unlike things using a word such as “like” or “as”
the repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
“He was wily as a fox,” or “I slept like a log.”
What is a simile?
A bully learns from his mistakes and begins to treat his classmates with kindness.
What is contrasts and contradictions?
What is a symbol?
describes an animal, a thing, a force of nature, or an idea as if it were human or gives it human characteristics
What is personification?
the repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
“The words leapt off the page”
What is personification?
When we see clocks over and over again in the short film "Destiny".
What is again and again?
The Notice and Note Signpost when Josh and JB realize why their dad quit basketball.
What is aha moment?
when a text references another external text—or maybe a person, place or event
What is allusion?
the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text
"ding-dong", "zap", and "hiccup"
What is onomatopoeia?
The flashback we see when Lily in "Lily and the Snowman" remembers her snowman and shows him to her daughter.
What is a memory moment?
What is onomatopoeia?
a play on words. It exploits the different meanings of a word or its homonyms, usually to humorous effect
What is a pun?
the use of the same word or phrase multiple times
What is repetition?
“The cat sat on the mat”
What is assonance?
When a character suddenly has a realization about something or a lightbulb moment.
What is aha moment?
The Basketball Rules in the Crossover is which signpost?
a representation of something complex, general, or abstract
What is a symbol?
the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse’s lines
What is rhyme?
“I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy.”
What is repitition?
When a wiser (and most of the time older) character gives advice to the main character.
What is words of the wiser?
Describe which signpost is the most important in the Crossover and why?
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