Fluent in Figurative
This figurative language compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
To beg for something urgently
What is implore?
Read the example sentence and pay attention to the italicized letters:
It happened sooner. Later. Nearer. Farther.
What is consonance?
Anne Frank kept a diary to document her experiences; ________, her words continue to educate and inspire people today.
(A) therefore (B) however (C) for example
What is (A) therefore?
This figurative language uses extreme exaggeration to make a point.
What is a hyperbole?
It's raining cats and dogs!
What is an idiom?
To make a guess
What is conjecture?
Read the example sentence and pay attention to the italicized word:
...place this cup on yesterday's saucer without the slightest clink.
What is onomatopoeia?
The Franks went into hiding in 1942. ________, they remained in the secret annex for over two years.
(A) In contrast (B) As a result (C) Additionally
What is (B) As a result?
This figurative language compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a metaphor?
Her voice was as smooth as silk!
What is a simile?
Germany's mass genocide of Jewish people.
What is the Holocaust?
Read the example sentence and pay attention to the italicized letters:
What would have happened had not a hand. . .
What is alliteration?
The secret annex was small, ________ the families had to be extremely quiet to avoid detection.
(A) because (B) consequently (C) in additionally
What is (B) consequently?
This type of figurative language is not meant to be taken literally.
What is an idiom?
The wind whispered through the trees.
What is personification?
Magnificent or very good.
What is splendid?
Read the example sentence and pay attention to the italicized words:
It could have happened.
It had to happen.
It happened sooner. Later.
What is repetition?
The war caused great suffering; ________, many people lost their homes and families.
(A) instead (B) nonetheless (C) for instance
What is (C) for instance?
This figurative language gives 'human-like' characteristics to things that are not humans.
What is personification?
Life is a rollercoaster!
What is a metaphor?
Conforming to standards of right or wrong
What is ethical?
Read the example sentence and pay attention to the italicized letters:
or set upon your forehead
moments before you open your eyes.
What is assonance?
Miep Gies risked her life to help the Franks, ________ she was one of the few who knew their hiding place.
(A) in other words (B) since (C) similarly
What is (B) since?