A comparison between two things without the use of like or as.
What is a metaphor?
100
The tree danced in the wind.
What is personification?
100
The garbage reached across the state,
From New York to the Golden Gate.
What is hyperbole?
100
This is what you should do the night before the test.
What is study?
100
Simile
What is a comparison between two things using like or as?
200
An obvious exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
200
“My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around”
What is alliteration?
200
It was a dark and stormy night is an example of this figurative language.
What is mood?
200
This is the first thing you should do when the teacher says, “You may begin the test.”
What is write your name?
200
Alliteration
What is words that are close together that start with the same sound?
300
When non-human subjects are given human characteristics.
What is personification?
300
Daily Double
“The snow glows white on the mountain tonight,
not a footprint to be seen.
A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside.”
What is imagery?
300
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad
You know I'm gonna be like you"
What is foreshadowing?
300
Doing this will help use your time wisely during the testing period.
What is reading the questions before reading the passages?
300
Allusion
What is a reference of something from literature, history, culture, music, etc.
400
Text that creates an image, or picture, in your mind by using one of your 5 senses.
What is imagery?
400
“My hip hurts when I move my chin,”
What is hyperbole?
400
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go,
What is allusion?
400
This strategy will help increase your chance of getting the answer correct.
What is process of elimination?
400
Mood
What is the feeling the reader gets from the story?
500
Anything that represents something else. It has deeper meaning than the object alone.
What is a symbol?
500
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
they have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts
What is symbol?
500
The tone in this passage is . . .
And there, in the garbage she did hate,
Poor Sarah met an awful fate,
That I cannot right now relate
What is sad?
500
Before you submit your test for scoring, this is something you should always do.